1. 2nd UAB & TESOL-SPAIN
Regional event
Speaking: Accuracy to Fluency
Gerard McLoughlin
Barcelona, February 17th , 2012

3. Spokenfluencyrevisited
Michael McCarthy Universityof Nottingham, UK
• <CANDIDATE 01>Erwhen do youhavebreakfast?
• <CANDIDATE 02> I have my breakfaster at erseveno’clock.
• <CANDIDATE 01>Where do youhavebreakfast?
• <CANDIDATE 02>Er in my kitchen in my house
• <CANDIDATE 01> In whatroom?
• <CANDIDATE 02> In thekitchen.
• <CANDIDATE 01>And do youhavecoffeeor tea forbreakfast?
• <CANDIDATE 02>Er tea.
• <CANDIDATE 01>Erwhat do youeat?
• <CANDIDATE 02> I eattoastand a cupof tea.
• <CANDIDATE 01> How manydayser how many times a day do youhaveit?
• <CANDIDATE 02>Ertwo times. [4 seconds pause]
• <CANDIDATE 02>Sorry I don’tunderstandyou. Repeatthesentenceplease
• . <CANDIDATE 01> How many times a day do youhavebreakfast?
• <CANDIDATE 02>One time a dayofcourse!

4. • <Examiner>Firstofallwe’dliketo know a littlebitaboutyou. Ermwhere
do youbothlive?
• <Candidate 01> I live in (place name) in SouthKoreayes.
• <Candidate 02>And I live in (place name). It’s in
Switzerlandandit’snear Zurich.
• <Examiner> (Candidatename) how long
haveyoubeenstudyingEnglish?
• <Candidate 01>Wellactually I studyEnglishmm in junior
highschoolandhighschoolforsixyearsaroundforsixyears.
• <Examiner>Differentclasses. Good.
NowI’dlikeyoutoaskeachothersomethingaboutthingsyouparticularlyl
ikeabout living in this country andentertainmentandleisurefacilities
in thisarea. [interveningtext]
• <Candidate 02>Erm I liketogoermtosee a movie
• <Candidate 01>Mm
• <Candidate 02>I see a lotofthemsinceI’vebeenhereand I liketogoto
pubs and +
• <Candidate 01>Ah
• <Candidate 02>+togetherwithfriendsand -
• <Candidate 01>-Yeah me tooactually

5. Disappearing dialogues
A: Did youhave a good weekend?
B: Yeah, I did, thanks. Itwasreallynice.
A: Whatdidyou do?
B: Well, I wenttovisit a friend in London.
A: Ohyes? Did youhave a good time?
B: Yes, itwasgreat. Wehad a reallygood time.
WewentdancingonSaturday night.
© Framework, Jones &Goldstein, Richmond 2005

6. memorise
A: Hi, GoodMorning.
B: Oh, Hello. How are you? WhathappenedtoyoulastFriday?
A: Yes, sorry I couldn’t come toclass. I wasill.
B: That’s OK. Are youfeelingbetternow?
A: Yes, muchbetterthanks. Can yougive me
thepapersfromlastweek?
B: Yes, ofcourse. Hereyou are.
A: Great. Thanks. I’lllook at themtonight.
B: OK. No problem.
© Innovations, Dellar&Walkley, Heinle 2005

7. Readand Listen
D: Oh, and I saw John a coupleofdays ago.
M: Ohyes! How was he?
D: Verywell. Did you know he’sgot a newgirlfriend?
M: No, I didn’t. Butyou know yourbrother, he nevertells me
anything. Haveyoumet her?
D: Yes, shewastherewhen I wenttohishouse.
M: andwhat’sshelike?
D: She’sreallynice. She’sveryinteresting, sheworks in
anartgalleryandshelikespainting.
© Innovations, Dellar& Walker, Heinle 2005

9. 1 del arte de curar, claro está. Del suyo respectivo, otro tanto podrían d
2 del Atlántico pero también del Pacífico. Está claro para los expertos, las academias
3 como para los que no lo son, y está claro que "puede" servir para todas
4 ocurre hoy en la España de las autonomías? - Sí, claro, y la Academia no puede
5 el punto de partida es rigurosamente claro, y Lázaro se remonta al Diálogo de la
6 el dueño le contestó que bien claro estaba lo que allí decía: "Capancalá".
7 "Para los católicos está claro que sólo hay un "HeiligerVater" (el Papa), per
8 En castellano no puede estar más claro que ese ambiguo "su" de "todo el mundo"
9 la palabra que lo nombra tomó el color del claro brillante y se formó con
10 sólamente queremos dejar claro que estos contrastes entonativos tienen en la l
http://corpus.rae.es/creanet.html

10. Corpus data: Chunks
Two Three Four Five six
You know I don’t know You know what You know what Do you know
I I mean what I mean
I mean A lotof Know what I At theendofthe At
mean theendoftheda
y
I think I mean I I don’t know Do you know Andalltherestof
what what I it
In the I don’tthink Theendofthe Theendoftheda Andallthatsorto
y fthing
Itwas Do youthink At theendof Do youwant I don’t know
me to whatitis

11. Chunks&Fluency
// he’s SHY//you know whati MEAN
//theysellJEWellery//and THAT sortofthing//
//the ROOM was//a BIT of a//MESS actually
© From corpus toclassroom, Language use andlanguageteaching, O’Keefe, McCarthy, Carter, CUP 2007

12. D: Oh, and I SAW JOHN a COUpleof DAYS ago.
M: Oh YES! How was HE?
D: Very WELL. Did you KNOW he’sgot a NEW GIRLfriend?
M: NO, I Didn’t. butyou KNOW yourBROther, he NEvertells ME
ANYthing. haveyou MET her?
D: YES, shewas THERE when I WENT tohis HOUSE.
M: andWHAT’Sshe LIKE?
D: She’s REALLY NICE. She’sveryINteresting, she WORKS in an
ART GALleryandshelikesPAINting.

13. Confluence
• Listenership
• Minimal response: Mm, Yeah, Lovely
• Clusters: Yeahmm, Right Fine
• Negation: Absolutelynot, Definitelynot
• Convergence: Closing/changingtopic
© From corpus toclassroom, Language use andlanguageteaching, O’Keefe, McCarthy, Carter, CUP 2007

14. Pre-closingandclosingroutines
S2: Theylookverygood
S1: Thanksforthat
S2: Theylookverygood
S1: Great
S2: Yes
S1: Fabulous
S2: Allright
S1: Okthanksforthat
S2: Okay, Cesca
S1: Cheers
S2: Bye

15. Opening&Closing
Conversation&dailychat
In a bar/café
At a bus stop
In a waitingroom

16. Place Openingphrase Closingphrase
In a bar/café Isthisseat free? Sorry,I’vegottogo
At a bus stop Isthisthe stop forthe 27? That’s my bus
In a waitingroom Beenwaiting long? Nice meeting you

17. Decisionmaking
• Suggestion =>
• Agree => modification/negotiation =>
Agree/Disagree etc =>Summary
• Disagree => negotiation/new suggestion =>
Agree/Disagree etc => Summary

18. Class data
Pre: ‘you can going to walking’
Post: ‘we could go walking’,
Pre: ‘the car is difficult’ and ‘drink… and see the
artists’,
Post: ‘I’m sorry, I don’t really like it, because I
live next to the Borne, but we could go to your
house’; ‘that’s a great idea, and we could
make a picnic’;

19. Function Exponent
Makingsuggestions Could wegotothebeach?
Whydon’twegotothebeach?
(I think) Wecouldgotothebeach.
Agreeing That’s a great idea!
Disagreeing I’mnotsure (aboutthat)
Negotiating: afteragreeing ..andwecould/mightgoswimmingtoo
afterdisagreeing Perhaps/Maybewecould/shouldgoto…
Summarising So, we’reallagreedto….
So. We’regoingto….

20. Daily chats
• Restaurant
• Film
• Football
• Weekend…..

21. Matchingsentencehalves
The last time I • went out for a meal
The restaurant was • fairly basic but clean
You should really
• go there when you want to
impress visitors

22. The last time I •…………
The restaurant was •…………
You should really •…………

24. How?
• Memorisation
• Chunking
• Noticing

25. Bibliography
Framework, Jones &Goldstein, Richmond
Innovations, Dellar&Walkley, Heinle
Spokenfluencyrevistited, McCarthy, EnglishProfile Journal
2010
From corpus toclassroomLanguage use
andLanguageteaching, O’Keefe, McCarthy, Carter, CUP
Johnny
Deppinterviewhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEa
TOSRMifU
HofeshScheckterinterview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_320PSjNok

26. THANK YOU!!!
Gerard McLoughlin
gerardmcl@gmail.com