Unit 5 - Teaching Listening & Speaking
Unit 5 - Teaching Listening & Speaking
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I - Principles for
Teaching Listening to Children
A Creating a non-threatening atmosphere
C Facilitating listening
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Example
Each pupil receives a picture of four clothing items (a blouse, a jacket, a skirt, and
a T-shirt). They will listen to the teacher’s instruction to color 3 items and write down
the price for each item. Then they can choose their favorite colors to finish the last one
by themselves. Finally, the five quickest pupils are asked to display their pictures for
checking and rewards.
Red T-shirt: 50,000 dong
Blue skirt: 60,000 dong
Yellow jacket: 70,000 dong
….….. blouse: 70,000 dong
II. Some common types of techniques
for teaching listening to children
a. 1___ Telling pupils that they are going to listen to three dialogues
about someone’s abilities and tick the correct pictures.
b. ______ Revising the question What can you do? and the answer I can
…
c. ______ Asking pupils to explore the pictures by identifying the
similarities and differences among them, revising the verbs of action
(e.g. draw, sing, dance, cook, skip, cycle, read)
d. ______ Getting pupils to swap their answers before the teacher
checks them as a class.
e. ______ Playing the recording more than once.
f. ______ Repeating each dialogue (in case that the teacher cannot
manage to use the recorder)
g. ___8___ Encouraging pupils to speak out their answers.
h.______ Introducing the three main characters in the in the task (Tony,
Key activities of a listening task
a. 1___ Telling pupils that they are going to listen to three dialogues
about someone’s abilities and tick the correct pictures.
b. ___4___ Revising the question What can you do? and the answer I
can …
c. ___3___ Asking pupils to explore the pictures by identifying the
similarities and differences among them, revising the verbs of action
(e.g. draw, sing, dance, cook, skip, cycle, read)
d. ___7___ Getting pupils to swap their answers before the teacher
checks them as a class.
e. ___5___ Playing the recording more than once.
f. ___6___ Repeating each dialogue (in case that the teacher cannot
manage to use the recorder)
g. ___8___ Encouraging pupils to speak out their answers.
h.___2___ Introducing the three main characters in the in the task (Tony,
Example 2
Key activities of a listening task
Listen & tick: Lesson 2 – Unit 10 – At the Zoo (page 44 - Tieng Anh 1)
Time: 10 minutes
•Step 1: Have pupils look at the pictures in Question 1 and say what they can
see. Draw pupils’ attention to the boxes next to the letters a and b. Check
comprehension. Invite some pupils to point to the pictures in Question 1 and
say the words in front of the class.
•Step : Play the recording of the first sentence for pupils to listen. Ask pupils
what they have heard and ticked. Play the recording the correct answer.
•Step : Call a few pupils to the front of the class to point to the pictures and say
what they have heard. If they said correct words, praise them.
•Step : Follow the same procedure with the pictures in Question 2. Play the
recording (several times if needed) for pupils to listen and tick the correct box.
Key activities of a listening task
Listen & tick: Lesson 2 – Unit 10 – At the Zoo (page 44 - Tieng Anh 1)
Time: 10 minutes
•Step 1: Have pupils look at the pictures in Question 1 and say what they can
see. Draw pupils’ attention to the boxes next to the letters a and b. Check
comprehension. Invite some pupils to point to the pictures in Question 1 and
say the words in front of the class.
•Step 2: Play the recording of the first sentence for pupils to listen. Ask pupils
what they have heard and ticked. Play the recording the correct answer.
•Step 4: Call a few pupils to the front of the class to point to the pictures and
say what they have heard. If they said correct words, praise them.
•Step 3: Follow the same procedure with the pictures in Question 2. Play the
recording (several times if needed) for pupils to listen and tick the correct box.
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PART 2
ISSUES OF
TEACHING SPEAKING
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I. Techniques for scaffolding
speaking
1. Using questions
to set the scene
to elicit vocabulary & ideas
to check comprehension
to consolidate the lesson
Example 1
2. Using teaching aids
flashcards, photos
board games
toys
puppets
II. Techniques for freer speaking
1. Organization
2. Repetition
3. Purpose
A speaking lesson
in a Korean class
Steps
a. The teacher hands out ‘farm cards’ to children.
b. The teacher describes the farm cards.
c. The teacher elicits key language needed for activity.
- How many do you have?
- I have ……
d. Children study individual cards and write the number of
animals in their own cards.
e. The teacher models the task with children.
f. The teacher reinforces the target language on the board.
Main stages of a speaking lesson
1. Pre-speaking stage:
- Raising students’ interest
- Reviewing/ Pre-teaching vocabulary
- Highlighting the target structure
2. While speaking stage:
- Doing the main speaking task (roleplaying,
discussing, interviewing, presenting, …)
3. Post-speaking stage:
- Reporting
- Sharing ideas
TEACHING DIALOGUES
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Example
STAGE 1: Presentation
1. Create a context for the dialogue
• Questions
• Pictures/ drawings
• Puppets
2. Present the dialogue
• Reading aloud
• Acting out
• TPRs
STAGE 2: Practice
• Drill (whole class, group, individual +
whisper, substitution)
• Role play
• Chanting
STAGE 3: Production
• Personalization
• Student-generated role play
Task 4-Techniques of teaching
dialogues
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