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Help! Oral expression
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treasure0911
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Help! Oral expression
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Hello to all!
I �m asking for your help because I can �t seem to find any good ideas for a group I �m supposed to make improve on oral expression.
To begin with I was supposed to have a group of advanced students and this is why I had offered oral expression workshop which is going to last 4 more weeks one hour a week. I wanted to work on role plays and impros but I discovered the groups had not been made correctly and I now have a group of students who have got great difficulties even making a sentence. I tried making them invent and act out short dialogues but they were very quickly short on ideas and vocabulary.
Would some of you have some ideas to make them speak and work in a fun way? ideas, websites or WS to download?
Thank you for all the help you can bring me.
Audrey
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18 Jan 2012
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zoemorosini
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Hi there, Audrey!
First, I commend you for not giving up. We all "begin" somewhere when it comes to language. I have taught this level for my whole career. My advice is as follows:
1. Have students talk about themselves, but provide the vocabulary they can choose from at first. It can be on simplified worksheets, in lists, or on flashcards, but LOTS of illustrations are essential to support understanding. Use themes such as personal information (data, etc.), hobbies, vacations, sports, TV, movies and dreams for the future.
2. Teach a simple grammar structure, such as asking for and telling time, to have them talk to each other about daily activities (what time do you______?---I ______ at 5:30). I have my beginners learn daily activities verbs, then create interviewing charts they can fill in with times their classmates provide. I have one made and posted on ESL Printables; I can also send it to you, no points needed. Just PM me and give your email.
3. Finally, have students write short sentences using the above two ideas and read them out loud to the class to build confidence and fluency.
Let me know if you need more help!
Your American friend Zoe Morosini |
18 Jan 2012
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ueslteacher
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Why not browse through the speaking activities here on ESL Printables:
Sophia |
18 Jan 2012
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wysiwyg
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It all depends on their age, how old are they?
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18 Jan 2012
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jamiejules
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I find that board games or card games work with students from 10 to 18!!
What I think is good about them is that you can adapt the rules to suit the students needs.
hope that helps... |
18 Jan 2012
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treasure0911
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Yes, sorry, I should have said they are about 15/16. They have regular lessons. This is just a workshop that last 5 weeks, one hour a week. For my French colleagues (accompagnement perso!)
I have just spent more than 2 months doing boardgames with students to review basis and they do like this even though I don �t know how much it helped because that was just 4 hours for each group.
I �m a bit lost because we �re supposed to do things differently from what we do in class but with students who have great difficulties and furthermore some I �ve never seen before, it �s very hard to get things going!
Thank you for your ideas and support, if you �ve got others...!
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18 Jan 2012
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treasure0911
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Thanks! I �m going to work on a taboo first and then on a powerpoint to make them speak about different topics, and promise I �ll try not to correct them but let them speak and of course SMILE!
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19 Jan 2012
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