24/7 Speaking Resources

Pair work Speaking

• What is it and why do we do it?

Example “Spot-the-difference”

• Possible reasons for pair work speaking

- more speaking time for students

- “different” type of speaking which requires students to listen to each other, learn about turn-taking, negotiate meaning

- more motivating for students

- more opportunities for teacher to listen to students

- ……..

Possible problems for the teacher

• time constraints• preparing materials (photocopies, colour, quality)• monitoring everyone fairly and in detail• providing feedback to everyone• ……..

SpeakApps

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SpeakApps in 2 min videoclips• What is it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Amif-_UhI4I• What solutions does it offer?

Tandem http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeYcUb2vOLw

Langblog http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOhL8U3NpmQ

Videochat http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkGNSOkfsSI• How does it work?

Tandem http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APxXqt-9nTs

Langblog http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GJ48zGTKiI

Videochat http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oSBcjL7VCQ• What resources are there for teachers? http://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=314zOYJ9QCs

Moodle classrooms with the 3 SpeakApps Tools http://moodle.speakapps.org/

Example of Pair work speaking task in Tandem

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APxXqt-9nTs&feature=share&list=PL96F3F78E8E0FB607&index=1

The OER

• What is it?• How does it work? Demo / video

How can f-2-f teachers use the OER?

• teachers use existing Tandem Activities• teachers adapt existing Tandem Activities• teachers create their own Tandem Tasks/Activities• teachers encourage students to supply the content -

CLIL with IT classrooms, tele-collaboration with students from other institutions

• …..

Ideas for task types

• Spot-the-difference• Ranking • Discussion• Role-playing• Picture description• Giving directions• Guessing• Object description• Problem-solving

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2. Register

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Join the EFL Teachers group in SpeakApps

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