This document discusses the importance of speaking skills for teachers and provides suggestions for improving speaking abilities. It notes that speaking well is important to get students' attention and boost confidence. Some challenges for speakers include glossophobia, lack of vocabulary, pronunciation errors, and lack of practice. The document recommends that teachers encourage students, create speaking opportunities through activities, provide vocabulary lists, and lead by example with their own speaking. Teachers should make speaking fun, give students space to practice, and recommend recording oneself to gain confidence.

2. WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT
TRAIT FOR THE TEACHING
PROFESSION?

3. SPEAKING
SKILLS
By: SADAF BASHIR

4. LEARNING OBJECTIVES
•FACTS REGARDING SPEAKING
•STUDY THE PROBLEMS FACED BY A
SPEAKER
•BEING A TEACHER OUR RESPONSIBILITIES
•IDENTIFY WAYS TO IMPROVE SPEAKING
SKILLS THROUGH PRACTICES / ACTIVITIES

5. “Speaking is the process of
building and sharing meanings
through the use of verbal and
non-verbal symbols, in a variety
of contexts.”
(Chaney, 1998 , P#13)

6. FACTS REGARDING SPEAKING

8. WHY TO SPEAK WELL?
•To attain the attention of audience
•To boost up the confidence
•To groom the personality
•To get career success

9. HOW TO SPEAK?
Speak like a?
STAR
S= Situation
T= Task
A= Attitude
R= Result

10. PROBLEMS FACED DURING SPEAKING
•Glossophobia
Fear Of Public Speaking
Believed to effect 75% of Americans.
Some prefer death over public speaking

11. PROBLEMS FACED DURING SPEAKING
•Glossophobia
•Lack of Vocabulary

12. USE THESE WORDS AS PER YOUR
CONVENIENCE
•Iron
•School
•Sentence
•Learned
•Page

13. PROBLEMS FACED DURING SPEAKING
•Glossophobia
•Lack of Vocabulary
•Grammatical Errors
•Lack of Structures
•Time Pressure
•Hesitation & Shyness
•Shattered Confidence
•Fear of Being Insulted

14. REASONS TO FACE PROBLEMS
DURING SPEAKING
•Poor Listening
•Environment
•Pronunciation Errors

15. HOW DO YOU PRONOUNCE
THESE????????????
H……………./ eɪ tʃ /
Men………… /mɛn/
Man…………/man/
Women ………. /ˈwɪmɪn/
Theory ……….. /ˈθɪəri/
Extempore ……… /ɪkˈstɛmp(ə)ri/
Here …………. /h ɪə/
Vs …………. /versus/

16. REASONS TO FACE PROBLEMS
DURING SPEAKING
•Poor Listening
•Environment
•Pronunciation Errors
•Communication Gap
•Accent
•Psychological Issues (low morale, lack of
confidence)
• Weak Retention
•Lack of Practice

17. BEING A TEACHER YOUR
RESPONSIBILITIES???????
????
•Encourage your students
•Have Patience
•Create Opportunities
•Warm-up Exercises / Energizers
•Pronunciation Drilling
•Dictionary a Good Friend
•Are you really a good example for them to
follow?
•Provide Conducive Environment

20. WARMERS / ENERGIZERS

21. AS MANY POSSIBLE WORDS
WITH THE HELP OF GIVEN
WORD?? (ACTIVITY# 01)
WEATHER
(1Min..)

22. ACTIVITY# 02
Past memories
RAIN
(2 Min..)

23. DESCRIPTION
THE LAST WORD OF THE SENTENCE WILL BE
THE FIRST WORD OF THE NEXT SENTENCE.
TEACHER WILL THROW THE BALL …………..
CONDITION
WITH IN 15 SECONDS YOU HAVE TO
SPEAK
TEAM “A” VS TEAM “B”
NAME OF THE ACTIVITY (03)
LAST WORD

24. FIND THE
DIFFERENCES
ACTIVITY #04

26. ACTIVITY # 05

27. SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES
Interviews
Guessing Games
Jigsaw Tasks
Discussions
Short Speeches
Role Plays
Simulation
Gap Activities
Brain Storming
Story Telling / Completion
Picture Description

28. HOW TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE?
The biggest challenge of life is to
overcome the fear of speaking.

29. How can one overcome the fear of
speaking?

31. SUGGESTIONS
•Make speaking a fun.
•Let them speak in the beginning.
•Give space to your students.
•Teach them the rule of USE / LOSE.
•Recommend your students to record voice.
•Speak slowly with a measured and controlled voice.
•Practice quite a few times to gain confidence.
•Provide the vocabulary before hand that students
need in activities.
•Wear English
•Speak online
•Learn, Apply and Improvise

32. ANY QUESTION, FEEL
FREE