The University of Education, HCMC English Language Teaching Methodology 2

Department of English

I. INTRODUCTION

To most people, speaking is the of learning a foreign lg. In the classroom, Ss

should be able to perform some kinds of oral tasks.

Speaking is to human communication. In our daily life, we speak more than

we write  Goal of an English course is truly to .

II. CHARACTERISTICS OF A SUCCESSFUL SPEAKING ACTIVITY

1.
2. is even
3. is high
4. Lg. is of an

III. DESIGNING SPEAKING TASKS

One important consideration: proficiency level of the Ss (challenging but not too difficult)

If the task is too easy or too difficult, the Ss maybe demotivated.

IV. TYPES OF SPEAKING ACTIVITIES

1. CONTROLLED SPEAKING ACTIVITY

A. Reading aloud: needs to be supplemented with more realistic activities as the level
increases.
B. Learning a piece of text or dialogue by heart (needs to be supplemented with more
realistic activities as the level increases)
Social Formula & Dialogues
Topic: Greetings
Expressions

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 Formal
* Good morning/afternoon/evening
How are you? /How are you doing?
I’m fine/very well.
Informal
* Hi/ Hello/ Hullo
How’s things?
Are you OK?
Fine/ so so/ not bad
Dialogue Memorisation
Jane: Hi, Bill.
Bill: Hi, Jane. How are you?
Jane: I’m fine, thank you. And you?
Bill: I’m OK. Thanks.
C. Doing a drill (needs to be supplemented with more realistic activities as the level
increases)
Substitution drill
Work with a partner. Use the cues given in the box.
A: What time does the movie start?
B: 7.30 p.m.
A: And when does it end?
B: 10 o’clock.
concert 8 p.m. / 10.30
soccer match 3 p.m. / 5 or 6
game show 11 a.m. / 1.30

Work in pairs to practice the conversation; then do it again, replacing these

underlined words with those provided in (1) and (2).
A: Let’s go camping.(1) It can have a lot of fun.
B: Yes, let’s do that.(2)

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 Entertainment activities (1) Agree/ Disagree (2)
o Play football o I quite agree with you.
o Listen to music o Great.
o Do cooking o I can’t agree with you more.
o Go dancing o I can’t agree with you there.
o Play ping-pong o No, I don’t think so.
o Read newspapers o Yes. Let’s do that.
o Sing karaoke o That’s a good idea.
o Go swimming o I don’t think that’s a good idea.
o Go shopping o I agree entirely.
o ………. o …………………………

2. COMMUNICATIVE TASKS
A. Information Gap (elementary/ intermediate)

Student A Student B
Prince Albert was German, and they Prince Albert was ___(What nationality?)
married in London in 1840. and they married in London in 1S40.
Soon after they married, they visited the Soon after they married, they visited___
French king, Louis Philippe. They visited (Who?).They visited him in
him in 1843. Unfortunately, Prince Albert 1843.Unfortunately, Prince Albert died in
died in 1861 when he was only 42. __ (When?) when he was only 42.

Queen Victoria was terribly unhappy, and Queen Victoria was terribly unhappy, and
she never lived in London again. She lived she never lived in London again. She lived
in___ (Where?). She loved Scotland in Windsor and Scotland. She loved
because she often went there on holiday Scotland because she often went there on
with her family. She died in ___ (When?). holiday with her family. She died in 1901.
She was 81. She was 81.

B. Exchanging personal info./ Survey (elementary)

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Go around the class and ask 5 classmates about what their family members are doing
now. Then report back to the class:

1- father
2- mother
3- elder / younger brother
4- elder/ younger sister

C. Mapped dialogue & Role-play

Work in pairs, make & respond to invitations.
St A meets St B
A+B: greet each other. You haven't met for a long time and are surprised and pleased to
meet

A. Ask B about the last few years

B. answers and gives details

A. asks B about the present

B. answers and asks A similar questions

A. answers and explains that you have to leave for an appointment.

B. says you regret this

A+B: arrange to meet again

A+B: say goodbye

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 Role-play

Card A Card B
You are talking to a new classmate. Begin the You are a new student at this school.
conversation with a greeting. One of your classmates greets you.
1. Greet your partner. 1. Greet your partner back.
2. Ask your partner which school he/she went to 2. Answer the question.
before.
3. Ask your partner if he/she lives near the school. 3. Answer the question.
4. Suggest you go shopping together after school. 4. Respond to the suggestion.

Free role-play

Card A Card B
You and your friend are going out to eat You and your friend are going out to eat
lunch. You need to decide where to go. lunch. You need to decide where to go.
You would like to try something different You would like to go to the place where
because you’re tired of the same food. You you always go, because you like the food.
make a suggestion. You don’t agree with your friend’s
suggestion.

D. Interview

E. Discussion
 Freer activity to develop fluency in speaking
 Employing pair-work and group-work

Common topics:

• Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of living in big cities.

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 • Talk about the solutions to the flooding situation in HCMC.

F. Presentations

Describe a vacation you have really enjoyed.

Include:

Where you went

Who you travelled with

What you did

Why you enjoyed it

V. PROCEDURE

PROCEDURE of a long speaking task (role-play; dialogue)

Pre-task

1. Giving and explaining task

2. Pre-teaching vocab. & gram.
3. Giving clear instructions (roles & time)
4. Forming pairs/ groups
5. Demonstrating (if necessary)

While-task

 Ss work in pairs/groups
 T walks around, monitors, gives help, take notes and prevents the use of L1

Post-task

 Ss report back (closed pairs/ open pairs)

 T gives comments & sums up the focused points.

PROCEDURE of a long speaking activity (discussion)

Pre –speaking

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 1. well-chosen topic given
2. careful preparation (pre-teach/elicit vocab., structures, ideas)
3. form groups + nominate secretary/reporter
4. set the task in motion

While –speaking

 Ss work in groups
 T. walks around, monitors, prevents use of L1, gives help, takes notes

Post –speaking

 Ss report back (representatives of some groups)

 T. gives comments & sums up focused points

VI. PAIRWORK/GROUPWORK

 Provides a variety of activity and of interaction.

 Shy Ss can benefit from group practice of this kind.

Advantages & Problems

Organising Pairwork/groupwork