Conference Talk Olomouc&Prague August 2009

Sorry me not speak good English
Shaun Wilden – August 2009

Turn to a person next to you - preferably someone in the row in front or behind you
1. Introduce yourself
2. Tell them about your summer holiday
3. (If money was no object), where would you go on holiday? Why?

What are the tasks?
Remember I said TASKS not parts 

Part 1: One Task
Answer personal questions
Part 2: Three Tasks
Describe a picture
Compare Two pictures
Personalised Question
Part 3: Tasks set by school
Speak on your own
Speak with the interlocutor
Part 4: One Task
Speak on your own
Speak with the interlocutor (roleplay)
http://www.novamaturita.cz/sqlcache/Anglicky_jazyk_zakladni.pdf

What do students need to do in an exam?
be able to talk about themselves
show knowledge about a topic
express opinions on a topic
be able to describe and compare pictures
take part in a communicative task i.e. role play, agreeing on a decision
listen, interpret and respond

Which means:
- Having to listen and answer effectively
Having the necessary words and / or techniques if you don’t know the word
Having the language to describe and compare pictures (on the left, both pictures are)
Knowing how to structure a monologue
Knowing how to take turns, show interest and negotiate

Personalization
Explicitly needed in tasks 1 and 2
Implicitly needed in the other tasks
Encourage students:
- to listen carefully and not give a memorized answer
- to express their opinions
- to say what they think
- to say how something applies to them
- build in pairwork so all speak
- always encourage them to say why
- don’t ignore personalisation tasks in the coursebook

How does a coursebook help?
e.g. Headway Intermediate
Built in personalisation questions from the start of the book :

How does a coursebook help?
e.g. Headway Intermediate
Built in personalisation questions from the start of the book :
- Do you have a social conscience?
- Sherlock homes is probably the most famous detective in the world of English Literature, what do you know about him?
- Work with a partner, what is your favourite day of the week, why?
- Do you think the Earth will continue to get warmer?

Taken from Headway Maturita Edition

Dealing with pictures
We can’t teach everything about every picture in the world but we can teach coping strategies and how to structure an answer

Dealing with pictures
On the picture, in middle there is a man, he wears a hat and coat and in his mouth he have ernevim, co to je, jak se to řekneanglicky….

In the picture
In or On the picture?

In
the
On the picture, in middle there is a man, he wears a hat and coat and in his mouth he have ernevim co to je, jak se to řekneAnglicky….
X
he wears
Prepositions
Present Continuous
Dealing with the unknown

Having the necessary words and / or techniques if you don’t know the word
flyswat
It’s one of those things you… It’s used for…
It’s long and thin…. They’re made of…
It looks like… It’s kind of…
It’s the stuff you… It’s got a….
It’s something you use when….
Page 85 Headway

Describe
Compare

Language for comparison would include:
Both pictures show….
In picture 1 there is…BUT in picture 2….

Describe
Compare

Five Activities
Find the similarities
Describe and draw
Find things that remind you of, that you don’t like, like etc
Create a back story
The five senses
Who, what, why, where, when, how

Find things that remind you of, that you don’t like, like etc
Create a back story
The five senses
Who, what, why, where, when, how

Knowing how to structure a monologue
My most treasured possession
Tell your partner what your most treasured possession is
Listen to these three talking about their possessions. What are their most treasured possessions?

Mothers feel close to their sons
Father feel close to their daughters
(Headway page 53)
Choose three crimes that you think are the most serious. Tell the class which crimes you have chosen and why?
(maturita solutions page 85)

Roleplays – Parts 3 and 4
-listen and respond
-initiate
-make suggestions
negotiate
agree (or disagree)
show interest
turn take

Shaun’s 5 tips:
Teach the language students need for picture (prepositions, tenses)
When using coursebook material encourage students to give a personal view and / or relate it to something Czech.
Encourage pairwork - it gets students used to turn taking, making eye contact, showing interest, etc
Don’t over correct – remember most exams are not about being 100% accurate, conveying the message is what counts.
Spend a few minutes each lesson on speaking - even if it’s the not main aim of the lesson as I have shown, it’s easy to add speaking to any lesson.

Thank you for listening
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