Macro Skill / Speaking

  1. Audio and Video Materials: Movies, YouTube, TV shows. 🎥 2. Apps: Duolingo, HelloTalk, Discord. 📞 3. Games: Role-play, Charades, Pictionary. ✐

  1. Anxiety and Fear of mistakes: This can prevent participation and practice, crucial for improving speaking skills. 2. Limited Vocabulary: Students may struggle to participate in discussions or convey complex thoughts. 3. Cultural Differences: Misunderstandings and miscommunications can occur in cross-cultural interactions. 4. Lack of Practice Opportunities: Insufficient practice can impede progress in developing speaking skills. In the following link you can find tips to overcome public speaking anxiety: 

 1. Listening to as much English as possible will help to improve your speaking. Listening to songs, podcasts, films, TV series or video clips will help you to feel more confident about speaking. 🕪 2. Speak as much English in class as possible. If you speak English regularly in class, you will find it easier to speak in an exam. 👄 3. Listen to yourself while you speak and if you hear a mistake, correct it. Native speakers make mistakes and correct them all the time. 🦻

 1. Articulate clearly and confidently Ensuring that your students understand the topic you are talking about is vital to making public speaking effective. Keeping the language used simple will make it easier for learners to understand the content. 2. Use powerful body language You can present yourself as a confident public speaker by preparing and organizing your teaching material before the presentation, whether that be ensuring you print off any material that is necessary for advance, creating cue cards to help you navigate your presentation or even arriving early for your speech. 3. Eliminate filler words Filler words do not add value, if anything, they can reduce fluidity. Commonly used words “like,” “well,” “so,” and “okay” are included in the filler words category.

  Classroom Discussion:   A student participates in a class debate about environmental conservation, articulating their viewpoints clearly and responding to counterarguments. Public Speaking:  A person delivers a speech at a conference, presenting their research findings to an audience, using proper intonation, and engaging with listeners through eye contact and gestures. Interviews:  During a job interview, a candidate answers questions confidently, providing detailed responses and asking insightful questions about the company and position. Teaching:  A teacher explains a complex concept to students, using clear language, examples, and checking for understanding through questions and feedback.

  1. Vocabulary:   Vocabulary development is where students understand the meanings and pronunciations of words necessary for communication. Fun fact:  Did you know that to be considered fluent in a language, you need to have a vocabulary of around 10,000 words? 2. Grammar:  Grammar is generally defined as  the set of rules that explain how words are used in a language through both writing and speaking . It sets a standard for how words or groups of words and sentences should be arranged together. Fun fact:  Grammar evolves over time as languages change. 3. Pronunciation:   Pronunciation is  the way in which language spoken; the way in which a word is pronounced; the way a person speaks the words of language.  Fun fact:  We learn how to pronounce words by listening to those around us, such as our parents, friends and teachers. Pronunciation varies from country to country, and even city to city! 4. Fluency:  Fluency in a language mea...

 Speaking skills are defined as the skills which allow us to communicate effectively. They give us the ability to convey information verbally and in a way that the listener can understand.