Listening

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 574.

Vocabulary

Choose 5 expressions from the list above that you've never used before in class. In your next class, try them out with your pupils. Post on the discussion board, or tell your group which you used and how it went. Maybe then try five more, and so on.

Verbal encouragement is not only about praising; it can also be about techniques to get students to participate in class. One area where students are often reluctant to participate and may need encouragement is in speaking.

Watch the video: «Teaching speaking techniques». https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF7zsz8fi64

1. List the main techniques that the teachers use?
2. Put a tick next to the techniques that you already use. Put a question mark next to the techniques you don't currently use but would like to try. Put a cross next to the techniques you don't want to try.
3. In groups, compare your lists. Now choose two techniques that you would like to try and write down three relevant phrases you could use in class.
4. As a group, think of a speaking activity, or find one in a coursebook. Take it in turns to role play being the teacher and being pupils and try carrying out the activity entirely in English.

Assessment:

Record a lesson and then note down all the praise and criticism that you gave your students. Write short answers to each of the following questions:

1.How much praise did you give compared with criticism?

2. What language did you use to give praise/criticism? Why?

3. How did your reactions affect your students?

4. If you used your pupils first language, write down an equivalent phrase in English you might use.