Activities For Speaking

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Speaking is one of the most important skills (listening, speaking, reading, writing). We do not only help students to understand, write and read it, but also speak it fluently. Teaching speaking skills for a mixed-ability classroom is not easy. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Huyen N. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. When we are teaching a class with has students who are clearly of different levels. They may have different starting levels of English or they may learn at very different speeds. the teacher easy to get frustrated in a class of mixed ability. The students also feel bored and frustrated. The stronger students may feel held back, weaker students may feel...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Mixed-ability classes are classes that have participants with different levels of proficiency. The differentiation can be in terms of the following traits: * Age * Maturity Level * Motivation * Intelligence * Mother Tongue * Attitude towards the subject * Language Ability This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Pardeep A. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. This list is not exclusive, there can be certain other traits due to which learners can vary in their abilities. Before starting the classes, the teacher needs to have some information about the students attending the class- personality traits; purpose; and needs. Also Read: Why I Did Volunteer Teaching in Nepal and You...  [Read more]

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Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Jobs United Kingdom Brighton and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: Unit 12 focused on the productive skills of writing and speaking with sample lesson activities. A teacher should aim to help students develop accuracy during writing lessons and a teacher should focus heloing students develop fluency for speaking activities. Whereas accuracy activities focus on controlled practice and take place during the study phase of instruction Unit 12 focused on the productive skills of writing and speaking with sample lesson activities. A teacher should aim to help students...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Dayang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Tai'an Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Teaching productive skills (speaking and writing) There are four basic skills in any language: receptive skills- reading and listening, and productive skills- speaking and writing. Although speaking and writing are different, they both are used for the same purpose- to communicate. The ultimate goal of language is communication and the aim of speaking a language is to...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Dahua Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Chengdu Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. I choose this topic because of my personal experience. I have been teaching adults English speaking for 4 years and I have been always wondering what roles teachers should play in English speaking class. After taking the TEFl course, I realize that to some extend, I made some mistakes when teaching students English and I would like to draw some discussion on my...  [Read more]

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Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Guangshengsi Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Linfen Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Along with the development of globalization, parents and teachers put more emphasis on the student’s learning of speaking skill, especially in China. To encourage student’s interaction in speaking class, here are some techniques such as pair-work, group-work, interesting speaking activities, etc. In my opinion, the seating arrangement which can change...  [Read more]

ITTT has recently opened a TEFL & TESOL training center in China. If you wish to be TEFL/TESOL-certified and would love to take a course in China, this is an opportunity you cannot miss. Check out course details and fees for ITTT's China. TEFL/TESOL center here! Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL certification Suizhou China and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: The focus of the twelfth unit is teaching productive skills-speaking and writing. They both are used for the same perpose-to communicate. The first point of this unit is about the difference between accuracy and fluency activities.Accurancy...  [Read more]

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Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Zhuqiao Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Yantai Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Productive Skills: The productive skills are Speaking and Writing, They are also known as active skills. While speaking and writing are substantially different in many ways, they both are used for the same purpose to communicate. In many ways writing is the more difficult skills, requiring a greater degree of accuracy. When speaking, any misunderstandings can be...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Dongyangguan Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Changzhi Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. As a global medium of communication, the importance of teaching English has increased a lot in the present society thus the importance of teaching productive skills, which is one of the English language skills has also increased. The process of learning English is slow and progressive and could be interpreted as a series of setbacks to face. This process...  [Read more]

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Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas The productive skills, in my definition, are skills that require the students to articulate or produce words, sounds, speeches, or sentences either in written or typed form. The productive skills are speaking and writing. The productive skills are essential and are needed for communicative purposes in our day to day activities. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Taiwo B. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. Other skills are being taught in the English language, which is reading and listening (receptive skills). However, while these other skills are important, the most important of them are productive skills, particularly speaking skill. This is because for effective...  [Read more]

ITTT has recently opened a TEFL & TESOL training center in China. If you wish to be TEFL/TESOL-certified and would love to take a course in China, this is an opportunity you cannot miss. Check out course details and fees for ITTT's China. TEFL/TESOL center here! Check out Tesolcourse.com about TESOL Certification China Changzhi and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: The unit introduces two productive skills - speaking and writing - and their peculiarities in terms of teaching and learning. The glimpse on motivation and engaging the students to participate in these activities is provided. As well as...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yucheng Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Zibo Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Speaking is a very important component of communication. Speaking in the foreign language being learned is very challenging. It involves putting into actual practice all the theoretical things learned about the language, tense, grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation into constructing sentences that would make sense in a conversation. The flow of the sentence must go...  [Read more]

ITTT has recently opened a TEFL & TESOL training center in China. If you wish to be TEFL/TESOL-certified and would love to take a course in China, this is an opportunity you cannot miss. Check out course details and fees for ITTT's China. TEFL/TESOL center here! Check out Tesolcourse.com about TESOL Certification Xingcheng China and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: In this unit I have learnt about the productive skills: speaking and writing. First I have read about fluency and accuracy and differences between those too. The text mentions speaking activities such as: controlled activities In this...  [Read more]