This document summarizes principles and approaches for developing materials to teach IELTS speaking skills. It discusses three aims: 1) raising awareness that speech is not neatly divided into sentences, 2) helping learners understand speaking relies on collaboration, and 3) balancing individual, informal, and formal discourse needs. It also outlines the IELTS speaking test format and provides examples of lesson materials focusing on answering questions, individual long turns, and discussing topics. The overall goal is to help learners improve speaking proficiency and language awareness for goals like studying abroad.

1. IELTS SPEAKING 04/05/12
Module: MA ELT (Materials Development)
Presented by: Leo (Liu Xianhui)

2. -principles
According Richards, J (2010 Page.207-211)
• One of the significant differences between spoken and
written discourse is the fact that speaking doesn’t
automatically split itself up into neat sentences.
• The first aim of materials to teach speaking skill based on
the raise awareness of this feature of speech.
• The second aim of materials to teach speaking skill is to
help the learners understand that effective speaking skill
based on a collaboration between language users

3. -principles
materials to teach the skill of speaking therefore, need to
find a balance between several competing demands which
include:
individual speakers’ affective needs in private and
unpredictable discourse contexts
Informal day-to-day encounters
Public or formal uses of spoken discourse such as
presentation etc.
(Levelt, 1993)

4. -principles
communication should be seen as a process than products
( Nunan, 1989)
Subjective needs and Objective needs ( Brindley, 1989)
• Subjective needs: speaking proficiency, language
awareness etc.
• Objective needs: emotion of speaking, interests of
speaking.

5. -Context
• - foundation-students
• In purpose of going abroad
• Age around 20
• Vary level of English
• Different education background

6. -IELTS Speaking Test
S1
S2
S3

7. -What’s in IELTS speaking?
• S1 Candidates answer general ( IELTS 6 Cambridge Books, 2007)
questions
1 family/ home
2 studies/ job S3 Discussion between examiner
and candidates
3 interests ( similar questions and a wide
range of similar familiar topic area)
Features: with more abstract issues which
theoretically link to S2
S2 Candidates is asked to talk a particular
topic
eg. Describe your home town/ your favourite library/
your special experiences. ( 1mins prepare, 1-2mins
talking with questions afterwards.)

8. For IELTS speaking test part 1 teaching lesson e.g.
Exam focus> Speaking part 1: Introduction and interview.
Skill> Answering questions about yourself, extending your
responses
1 Introduction
A Look at the picture of two people meet for the first time. What
questions do you think they are talk to each other? Make a list of normal
questions people talk about when they meet.
2 practise aim: building speaking awareness
Before the listening think about the questions
1: what is the topic are they talking about?
2: try to imagine if you are one of them what are you going to say to the other one?
3: focus on the sentence structure try your best write down the sentence you can remember.
Listen to the radio between two students’ first meeting.
IELTS Speaking Part 1.mp3

9. Speaking part 1
With your answers to the questions, and the basic sentence
structure in your mind, introduce yourself to your
classmates by following the structure such as:
Hello everyone my name I am from XXX
is XXX
My interest is XXX Extra information you
would like to talk
Try to take some useful notes from your partner, think
about what they said
1 is there any spoken mistakes they made?
2 are there any difficulties when they try to speak to you?
3 do you think they give enough information that you like?

10. IELT part 2 materials e.g.
Individual long turn. (For this task: candidates will be given a topic card and
paper for you to make notes before speak.)
In pairs, practise the interview for two minutes.
Student A: you are the candidate. For one minute, look at the topic card below and make
some notes to help you. Then use your notes to speak one or two minutes.
Student B: you are the examiner. Give student B to look at the card below and make notes.
Then listen to students A carefully by judging whether student A have followed the advice for
this task.
Describe the jobs that you would most like to do in the future
You should say:
What the job is
What skills and qualifications you would need to get the job
If you think you will ever do this job
And explain what appeals to you about this kind of job

11. IELTS Part 3 materials e.g.
When you meet the topic “do you have any comments on
greenhouse?”
Since you get the topic, one thing you need to confirm is what
is “greenhouse?” the reason how to
slove the
why
greenhous problems
e appear? in what
way?
Now, work with your partners,
choose the topics below, talking
in the way like the example how far do
any wider
above. you know
issues to
greenhous
refer to ?
A:Industrial pollution e?
what is
B:traffic problems your
original
C: technique evaluation opinion on
greenhous
e?
The chart shows the way how you build
your idea relevant. In your daily life try to
think the way like that especially when you
talking with someone on academic
questions.

12. Online-IELTS
• http://www.wix.com/leolovegir/leo-materials#!online-shop
Independent learning depends on students’ learning
motivation and learning strategy. ( Mayer et al, 2005)

13. References
• Richards,J (2010) English Language Teaching Materials Theory and Practice
Cromwell Press.
• Bygate, M. (1987) Speaking. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Brindley, M.P. and Cadlin, C.N. (1987) “ Which MATERIALS?: a
consumer’s and designer’s guide”, in L.E.Sheldon (ed)
• Nunan, D. (1989) Syllabus Design. Oxford: Oxford University Press
• Tomlinson, B (2003) Developing Materials For Language Teaching Cromwell
Press
• Levert, W. J.M. (1993). Speaking: From intention to articulation. Cambridge, MA:
The MIT Press
• Mayer, R (2005) Multimedia Learning in second Language Acquisition
Cambridge University Press