Teaching Teens: Speaking Activities

Speaking Activities

Getting all the teens in your class speaking can be a challenge. This book provides a thorough collection of tips, tricks and activities to help you successfully approach the different elements involved in getting everyone to speak.

In this book you’ll find :

17 types of speaking activities
controlled practice activities aimed at developing accuracy
freer activities aimed at developing fluency
pronunciation activities

The book is divided into three parts with different aims.

Part I :

outlines the activities and the rationale behind them
explains how to run them, approach error correction and provide feedback
provides ideas for adjusting them to your aims and the strengths of your students

Part II :

takes a closer look at each type of activity and how they work in class
provides suggestions for implementing, running, and following up on each activity

Part III :

provides a practical selection of photocopiable worksheets which are ready to use immediately