I �d like to know what do you do to meke your students to speak, from elementary to advanced, I mean, I teach them but I think it �s good to share information.

Thank you so much!!!!

 

One of the things I do to get my students to speak is start off the lesson asking them about their weekend or what they did yesterday night (or during particular holidays if they just came back after one). This gets them to speak in real time and also develops their confidence and helps them overcome shyness.

 

Another thing you could do is integrate reading and speaking skills together, such as jigsaw reading. Students can be divided into groups with 2-4 people in a group. Each student has a different text (or one long text can be divided into four parts) together with a worksheet - like a chart covering info on all texts. Each student needs to read their own text and fill in the chart. After that you can take away their texts. Students would now have a chart with all the information from the texts plus 2/3 empty charts for them to fill in. In their groups, each student, with the help of information from the chart, recount their text to the other group members while the others fill in the information.

 

Getting students to do presentations on random topics is also another way to get them to speak and build confidence.

 

Hope this helps! :)

 

Greetings from Greece,