FACILITATING SPEAKING TASKS

FACILITATING SPEAKING TASKS Presented by COMMON TACTICS  Provide more language input  Elicit more clues  Personalize the contents  Reduce the workload  Adapt instructions  Combine tasks  Rearrange tasks PROVIDE MORE LANGUAGE INPUT  Revise old vocabulary and structures  Unit 4 – Education – Task 3: revise structures to talk about similarities and differences  Provide words and expressions  Unit 7 – Economic reforms – Task 2: what verbs to be used with each content ELICIT MORE CLUES  Make students talk about specific things  Unit 6: Future job – Task 2: What do you like/ don’t like about each job  Salary: how much is high enough?  Location: home town or a far-away city?  Unit 8: Life in the future – Task 2: Predictions about the future  Developments of science and technology: people landing on Mars; talking robots, intelligent house, etc. PERSONALIZE THE CONTENTS  Bring out students’ previous knowledge  Make teaching contents age-specific  Utilize students’ imagination  Unit 16 – Asean – Task 2: What else do you know about these countries?  Unit 7 – Economic Reforms – Task 2: What changes do you want to see in school?  Unit 8: Life in the Future – Task 2: Allow students to make wild predictions REDUCE THE WORKLOAD  Unit 7 – Economic Reforms – Task 2 Each group is in charge of one field only  Group 1: Ministry of Education  Group 2: Ministry of Health  Group 3: Ministry of Agriculture ADAPT INSTRUCTIONS  Adapt instructions = Make it easier to understand  Unit 15 – Woman in Society – Task 2: Read and respond = What do you think of…?  Adapt instructions = Adjust requirements  Unit 1 – Home Life – Task 1 REARRANGE TASKS  Move from easier task to more challenging task  Unit 2 – Cultural Diversity – Do Task 2 & 3 before Task 1 COMBINE TASKS  Unit 11 – Books – Task 1 + 3, Task 2 + 4 . FACILITATING SPEAKING TASKS Presented by COMMON TACTICS  Provide more language input  Elicit more clues  Personalize the contents  Reduce the workload  Adapt instructions  Combine tasks  Rearrange. Home Life – Task 1 REARRANGE TASKS  Move from easier task to more challenging task  Unit 2 – Cultural Diversity – Do Task 2 & 3 before Task 1 COMBINE TASKS  Unit 11 – Books – Task. clues  Personalize the contents  Reduce the workload  Adapt instructions  Combine tasks  Rearrange tasks PROVIDE MORE LANGUAGE INPUT  Revise old vocabulary and structures  Unit 4 – Education