SPEAKING
In this chapter we refer to speaking, speaking is a productive skills which involves
using speech to express meaning to the people. When we speak we use intonation, sentence stress, fluency and contractions. We speak
for many different purposes such as: ask for clarification, greet people, paraphrase
and sing. However, when we speak we use body language as gestures, facial expressions and
eye contact to convey meaning at the moment of the communication. Also, in
speaking skills we have some features that will be take in to account when we speak,
register it means the level of formality that each person has at the moment of
speak. Most people speak formal
while others speak informal
or colloquial. It depends on different situations that they are and with whom
they are talking. In order to practice our speaking skills with our students,
it is better to know the activities that it follows. As we can see, as first activity
we have lead- in,
second, practice activities and the last activity is post- task activities. It means
that each activity has its functions into the speaking. To apply this knowledge
with my students, I will use dialogues, discussion, and dramatization with them
because these activities help them to practice their speaking. Also, I will use
tongue – twister to help them with the fluency of the language.
References for additional information
- Files.eric.ed.gov,. (2015). Retrieved 24 April 2015, from http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED523922.pdf
Essential Speaking Skills
- Google Books,. (2015). Essential Speaking Skills. Retrieved 24 April 2015, from https://books.google.com.ec/books?id=1ZHX_kgswP8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=S
Speaking Into the Air
- Google Books,. (2015). Speaking Into the Air. Retrieved 24 April 2015, from https://books.google.com.ec/books?id=KusFkCTWU1kC&printsec=frontcover&dq=SP
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As you said, speaking is a productive skill, that is why it requires training, so we have to make our students develop different activities related to the real life as you have mentioned, which are so useful to apply, in that way learners output the language as much as they can in order to improve and communicate effectively.
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