Spontaneous talk workshop, Brookfield

Chris Fuller
Talking about spontaneity
www.chrisfuller.typepad.com
@chrisfullerisms
Chrisfullerinspain@hotmail.com

OfSTED
“Across all phases speaking is the least well developed of all the skills. Students’ inability to be able to say what they want to say in a new language has a negative impact on their confidence and enthusiasm.”
OFSTED,
“The Changing Landscape of Languages”, July 2008

Thinking about our “speakers”

Phonics- never too late
www.rachelhawkes.com
www.doonceandshare.wikispaces.com

Creating a spontaneous environment

Creating the space
How many people can pupils talk to EASILY in your current room?
table layout
performing opportunities?

Wall support
What is going to provide reassurance to our pupils?
grammar?
hesitation words
opinions
what do we think about errors?

Props
other ideas?
cardboard TV?
wigs?
masks?

Rewards
How do we reward our pupils who are prepared to embrace spontaneity?
stickers
pupil elected teacher of the lesson
postcards home?

No right answer

Thinking of the task
Can you be creative when you can only achieve a right / wrong answer?
open ended, not transactional
need for room to debate / present arguments
language of speculation built into schemes of work

The
“Group Talk” model

(Deutsch) ist cool.
Ich mag (Deutsch).
Was denkst du?
Ja,
das stimmt.
Nein, das
stimmt nicht.
X

X
X
Du spinnst!
Ich denke …
©Wildern School


¡Yo también!¡Yo tampoco!
¿Qué piensas?
¡(No) me gusta!
X
¿Por qué?
¿Por qué?

¡Sí, es verdad!¡No, no es verdad!
X
Porque...
Porque...
Prefiero.. porque
Pienso que... porque
..es mejor que....es peor que....es más..que....es menos..que.

Sí, tienes razón
No, no tienes razón
¡Ni hablar! ¡Qué va!
(no) estoy de acuerdo
¿Qué piensas?
X
Gracias @ Greg Horton

No wrong answers

Mysteries
Living Graphs
Reading Images

Odd one out

Categorisation / Venn diagrams
bikes
cars
planes
sedan chair
helicopter

What’s the question?
1999

David

Netball

Twist the question round
What did you not do last weekend?

Finding support
www.pltsinmfl.wikispaces.com

Pupil bingo
years 10 / 11? Important not to let the fun disappear!
with thanks to Chris Harte, www.chrisharte.typepad.com

Metacognitive verbs
with thanks to
Helena Butterfield
www.langwitch.net

Easispeak microphones
www.easi-speak.org.uk

Flip cameras

International dimension
www.globalgateway.org.uk

Flashmeeting
http://flashmeeting.e2bn.net/
safe
free
share URLs / chat
easy voting options

Skype
Potential speaking homework
+ practises key skill
- can be put onto blog / wiki

Voki
www.voki.com

Glogster
www.glogster.com

Generating an audience

Linked Up
www.linksintolanguages.ac.uk/linkedup

Some crowdsourced ideas

Chris Fuller
Do they want to speak?
www.chrisfuller.typepad.com
@chrisfullerisms
Chrisfullerinspain@hotmail.com

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