Teaching speaking skills 2 - overcoming classroom problems Submitted by TE Editor on 16 February‚ 2004 - 13:00 This article is written for teachers with large classes of students who have encountered some of the following or similar problems during speaking activities in their classroom. * Why should we teach speaking skills in the classroom? * Motivation * Speaking is fundamental to human communication * Dealing with the arguments against teaching speaking skills * Student’s
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Clearly speaking Pronunciation in action for teachers Anne Burns and Stephanie Claire Clearly speaking Pronunciation in action for teachers Anne Burns and Stephanie Claire Published by the National Centre for English Language Teaching and Research Macquarie University‚ Sydney NSW 2109 for the AMEP Research Centre on behalf of the Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs Burns‚ Anne. Clearly speaking: pronunciation in action for teachers. Bibliography. ISBN
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ASSESMENT 2 (B) Micro Skills Presentation Choral Speaking Choral speaking is an activity which involves an oral presentation of a text‚ using expression to perform and enhance a text. This is done by emphasising particular words‚ sounds or phrases to help make the text become a performance than a reading. Choral speaking in encouraged to be presented in a small group using different voices to play different parts of a dialogue. Also by varying the pace‚ the volume of the voice and changing the
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The keys to planning an effective presentation Preparation is the perfect way to minimize nervousness and maximize confidence before a presentation. To prepare thoroughly‚ think in terms of the five W’s: why‚ who‚ where‚ when and what. Why am I speaking? What is your objective in this presentation? Is it to inform‚ persuade‚ motivate or explain? Are you selling a product‚ promoting an idea‚ sharing financial results‚ appealing to investors or training your staff? Although many professional techniques
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Joseph Miri‚ would like to present a choral speaking performance entitled “Colourful Malaysians” Malaysians are an interesting lot in South East Asia We are a mélange of colours‚ creeds and cultures Among us you can see Malays‚ Chinese‚ Indians‚ Ibans and other indigenous ethnic groups. Many of us are bilingual‚trilingual and quadrilingual‚ being able to speak more than one language. It’s not a surprise to see Ahmad being able to speak Malay and English Puyang being able to speak Malay‚ Kayan
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Mathematically speaking: the importance of language in the learning of mathematics Kerry O’Regan Flexible Learning Centre‚ University of South Australia The genesis of this paper was a study which set out to explore the part played by emotion in the learning of mathematics‚ and which encountered a number of other things along the way. Part of the data from that study comprised transcripts of discussions involving three groups: university mathematics lecturers and secondary and primary education
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6. Speaking: This section tests your ability to communicate your ideas through an oral presentation. (25 points) Case Study Unit 3: Valentino’s Chocolates In pairs students will prepare a short presentation of their investment plan for the company. They will try to convince their classmates to choose their proposal over those of other groups. The presentation must last a minimum of 4 minutes and a maximum of 8 and include visual aids. After having finished each presentation students will have
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negative effects. In the United States of America‚ a way of paying attention to someone speaking is to make eye to eye contact. Looking at an inanimate object or at someone else is rude and insulting to the one who is speaking. Avoiding eye contact may also imply the avoider is shy‚ intimidated or has low self esteem. African Americans in general often look down when they are listening and look up when speaking to someone. However; with some African Americans‚ a child looking directly into parents
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Speaking and writing are two different skills that students had to learn when they were a little child. They learnt them from their parents‚ from their teachers‚ and from others. It is hard to judge what skill is better than the other‚ but as far as I am concerned‚ in general‚ speaking skill more outweighs writing skill‚ since we use speaking in most of our activities‚ speaking helps us maintain and strengthen our relationships‚ and brings us memorable and relaxing time. First‚ it is undeniable
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Speaking and Writing. During our class discussion about speaking and writing‚ we as a group had the question ’Which came first‚ speech or writing - and which is most important?’ We as a group was undecided on which was most important. So we thought why speech is important and the main reasons were‚ the use of speech is used more frequently as it is easier to convey a message across to the other person as sometimes we can misunderstand what others mean.Furthermore‚ we can also interpret meaning easier
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