Kayi - Teaching Speaking: Activities to Promote Speaking in a Second Language
The Internet TESL Journal Hayriye of Nevada (Nevada,USA) Introduction Speaking is "the process of building and sharing meaning through the use of verbal and non-verbal symbols, in a variety of contexts" (Chaney, 1998, p. 13). Speaking is a crucial part of second language learning and teaching. Despite its importance, for many years, teaching speaking has been undervalued and English language teachers have continued to teach speaking just as a repetition of drills or memorization of dialogues. However, today's world requires that the goal of teaching speaking should improve students' communicative skills, because, only in that way, students can express themselves and learn how to follow the social and cultural rules appropriate in each communicative circumstance.
Pronunciation
Welcome to EnglishClub Pronunciation for ESL learners. If your questions about pronunciation are not answered here, feel free to ask a question at the Help Each Other With English forum. pronunciation (noun): the way in which we pronounce a wordpronounce (verb): to make the sound of a word What is Pronunciation? English is not Phonetic
Rory’s story cubes
I love my sets of Rory’s story cubes. Here are some ideas that I have tried out so far: Logical order: Organise the stones in a logical order (logical mathematical intelligence) or sort them into categories, that pupils invent themselves (animals, objects, nature, etc.) and explain One minute speeches: Use the stones as speaking prompts for one minute speeches (one die per pupil) Pass the story: Build a story by giving each learner a die to throw and start, continue and end the story. Do a second round when they get carried away.
The Only List of Icebreaker Questions You’ll Ever Need
CorporateMarch 20, 2021 Awkward silences, tense meetings, busy work days. These are all situations that can benefit from fun icebreaker questions! Designed as simple team building activities to help ease employees or groups into a little team bonding, icebreaker questions don’t need to be as scary – or boring! – as they seem. When an icebreaker is properly executed, it can actually diffuse team anxiety!
100 Would You Rather Questions
Questions are a good way to get to know people and provoke interesting conversation. Here are 100 that are sure to add spark to any social gathering. Would you rather go into the past and meet your ancestors or go into the future and meet your great-great grandchildren? Would you rather have more time or more money? Would you rather have a rewind button or a pause button on your life?
Picture Dictionary: Useful Visual Dictionary with 150+ Topics
Picture Dictionary! Learn English vocabulary words through pictures with our useful visual dictionary. All ESL lessons are classified by different topics and being illustrated with example sentences. What is a Visual Dictionary? A picture dictionary or a visual dictionary relies on pictures to show the meaning of words. Obviously, these words often teach nouns, although there are visuals to demonstrate abstract ideas like emotions as well.
250 Quality Conversation Starters: The Only List You'll Need
Share on StumbleUpon0 shares on StumbleUpon Here are some great questions for starting a conversation. There are a lot of random conversation starters to get you started and then conversation questions listed by topic. You can start with the random questions or find a topic that interests you. There’s no right place to start, just scroll down to wherever you want and get started!
Idiom: 1500+ English Idioms from A-Z with Examples
Idiom Examples List of idioms by different topics with meaning and example sentences. Health Idioms Examples List of health idiom example sentences with idiom meaning.
Collective Nouns: Useful List & Examples in English
Collective Nouns List! What is a collective noun? Learn extensive list of collective nouns in English with example sentences and ESL printable worksheets to increase your English vocabulary. What is a Collective Noun? What is a collective noun?
Pronunciation of ED: Past Tense Pronunciation for Regular Verbs
ED Pronunciation! Learn useful rules for Pronunciation of ED ending (Past Tense Pronunciation for Regular Verbs) in English with list of common regular verbs, video and ESL printable worksheets. Regular Verbs In the English language, most regular verbs are turned into the past tense by adding ‘-ed’ to the end of a base form of the verb. Regular verbs examples:
