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Helping Students Find Their Voice in English: Speaking Exercises to Improve Fluency and Clarity

Helping Students Find Their Voice in English: Speaking Exercises to Improve Fluency and Clarity. Eric H. Roth Mark Treston Karen Kossar February 15, 2019 Global Innovation School. Questionnaire. Name: ______________________________________

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Helping Students Find Their Voice in English: Speaking Exercises to Improve Fluency and Clarity

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  1. Helping Students Find Their Voice in English: Speaking Exercises to Improve Fluency and Clarity Eric H. Roth Mark Treston Karen Kossar February 15, 2019 Global Innovation School

  2. Questionnaire Name: ______________________________________ Current Teaching Position: _______________________________ Classroom Student Profile: _______________________________ Typical Class Size: ____________ What’s your favorite speaking skills activities/exercise? Why? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

  3. Teaching English: Then and Now • 1819 • 1919 • 2019

  4. “Finally, in the teaching-based approach, students must prove that they have received the information transferred to them – that they quite literally “get it.” As we will see, however, in the new culture of learning the point is to embrace what we don’t know, come up with better questions about it, and continue asking those questions in order to learn more and more, both incrementally and exponentially. The goal is for each of us to take the world in and make it part of ourselves. In doing so, it turns out, we can re-create it.” Thomas, D., Brown, J.S. “A New Culture of Learning: Cultivating the Imagination for a World of Constant Change”2011

  5. My Students can __________ in English: • __________________________________________________ • __________________________________________________ • __________________________________________________ • __________________________________________________ • My Students can’t __________ in English: • __________________________________________________ • __________________________________________________ • __________________________________________________ • __________________________________________________

  6. My Students like to discuss__________________________ • __________________________________________________ • __________________________________________________ • __________________________________________________ • __________________________________________________ • My students should know how to________________________ • __________________________________________________ • __________________________________________________ • __________________________________________________ • __________________________________________________ • My students need to know_______________________________ • __________________________________________________ • __________________________________________________ • __________________________________________________ • __________________________________________________

  7. “In the digital world, we learn by doing, watching and experiencing. Generally, people don’t take a class or read books or manuals to learn how to use a web browser or e-mail program. The just started doing it, learning by absorption and making tacit connections. And the more they do it, the more they learn. They make connections between and among things that seem familiar. They experiment with what they already know how to do and modify it to meet new challenges or contexts.” Thomas, D., Brown, J.S. “A New Culture of Learning: Cultivating the Imagination for a World of Constant Change”2011

  8. Lists for Compelling Conversations • Seven tips for a happy and healthy life • Places to see and things to do in Texas • Dream jobs • Favorite movies • Five ways to self-sabotage • Five ways to cheat and commit academic fraud • Make your own list

  9. Search and Share Exercises • “My Hometown” • “Daily Habits” • “My Favorite Movie” • Watching the News for Body Language • Giving a Product Review • TED Talks

  10. Hedging Language Using quotes, proverbs and slogans in the classroom • “Father Knows Best” • “Just Do It” • “No Pain no Gain” • “When in Rome, do as the Romans” • “I’m Loving it” • Less is more • “Off the Wall”

  11. Facts about Spoken English • Top 200 words used in spoken English include the most common verbs and prepositions • The most difficult aspect of learning American English is the use of Phrasal Verbs or Prepositional Phrases • Average American uses 1,000 words = 85% of daily communication • 10 Nouns x 10 Verbs x 10 Adjectives = 1,000 words • Approximately one new word is added to the English language every two hours • Currently 1 billion people around the world are learning English

  12. Simple Pronunciation Exercises for Common Mistakes • Short and Long Vowels • Voice/Voiceless • Initial, Middle, and Final Consonants • Stress: Verb vs. Noun

  13. Spies Like Us • TV Show “The Americans” • How did Soviet spies learn native English? • Children learn through interaction, so should we • Phrasal Verbs/Prepositional Phrases • Contractions • Prefixes/Suffixes

  14. CEFR LEVEL Description • A1 Can understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type. Can introduce him/her and others and can ask and answer questions about personal details such as where he/she lives, people he/she knows and things he/she has. Can interact in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help. • A2 Can understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment). Can communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters. Can describe in simple terms aspects of his/her background, immediate environment and matters in areas of immediate need.

  15. CEFR B1 and B2 Decription • B1 Can understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc. Can deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling in an area where the language is spoken. Can produce simple connected text on topics which are familiar or of personal interest. Can describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans. • B2 Can understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialization. Can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party. Can produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.

  16. CEFR C1 and C2 Description • C1 Can understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts, and recognize implicit meaning. Can express him/her fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions. Can use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes. Can produce clear, well structured, detailed text on complex subjects, showing controlled use of organizational patterns, connectors and cohesive devices. • C2 Can understand with ease virtually everything heard or read. Can summarize information from different spoken and written sources, reconstructing arguments and accounts in a coherent presentation. Can express him/herself spontaneously, very fluently and precisely, differentiating finer shades of meaning even in more complex situations.

  17. RESOURCES Radio: • BBC Radio www.bbc.com • Voice of America www.voa.com • TED Radio Hour http://www.npr.org/programs/ted-radio-hour • Science Fridays www.sciencefriday.com • Marketplace Radio www.marketplace.org • The Moth Radio www.themoth.org • Snap Judgment www.snapjudgment.org • Radio Lab www.radiolab.org Websites for Insights/Stories on American Culture: • www.storycorps.org • www.thisIbelieve.org • www.TED.com • www.thisAmericanLife.org

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