SPEAKING
Speaking is an
oral productive skill. I learned that it involves using speech to
communicate with other people. There are many features involved at the moment
of speaking are: the use of appropriate
register, answer questions, intonation,
connected speech, paraphrase,
and hesitating.
In speaking also
is important to have oral fluency and avoid hesitations because it helps to become a good speaker.
Speaking includes
gestures, facial expressions, raising and falling intonation to communicate
feelings. Into this there is a strategy called turn-taking which is the way speakers use body movements,
intonation, use of language to express that someone wants to join a conversation.
For developing
this skill teachers can apply some activities for example to teach vocabulary
to children we tend to do using songs in which the new words are repeated many
times. The song is memorized. It is usually called learn by heart.
For improving
fluency the teacher can include group work projects, debates, discussion, presentations.
These activities are mainly for students who are in intermediate levels.
Here I share some resources
to take a look for more information about speaking.
There is an article
of researching project about how to improve speaking skill.
References.
Tsou, W. (2015). Imrpoving
Speaking Skills through Instruction in Oral Class Participation. Retrieved
April 28, 2015, from Imrpoving Speaking Skills through Instruction in Oral
Class Participation:
http://www.brandeis.edu/departments/roms/pdfs/strategies-speakingskills.pdf
Gold, E. (2014). ESL
Gol Great Resources for Teaching and Learning English. Retrieved April 28,
2015, from ESL Gol Great Resources for Teaching and Learning English:
http://www.eslgold.com/speaking.html
I really agree with you Silvia. Speaking in not only talk. It is necessary to use other features as intonation, gestures, register; in order to convey meaning.
ResponderBorrarAll the things that you mention are very important because speking is not only talk and talk, we need to use an apropriate register, intonation, and so on if we want to become a good speaker.
ResponderBorrarIn my opinion your reflection is interesting because we can communicate not only throught talking, but also using body language and also using gestures.
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