Teaching Speaking & Listening Skills To Young Learners

Ladies and GentlemenI welcome you all in todays sessionForThe Art of TeachingSpeaking & Listening SkillsTo Young LearnersLet me introduce5

Senior Lecturer at Tertiary Level6th year of teaching.English Language Teachers Skills Developer.Corporate Trainer for Soft Skills Development.Syed Qaiser Hussain6I amFaculty in Communication Department at Institute of Business Management (IoBM) College of Business Management (CBM).Faculty for Academic Writing Skills at Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST).Syed Qaiser Hussain7I have also been a faculty member atBahria University.University of Karachi.NED University of Engineering and Technology.PAF Karachi Institute of Economics and Technology.Syed Qaiser Hussain8EducationM.S. (Applied English Linguistics) from NED University of Engineering and Technology. Working on thesis.Syed Qaiser Hussain9EducationMasters of Art in English Linguistics and Literature from National University of Modern Languages.Syed Qaiser Hussain10Pursuits in Skills AugmentationCertified Trainer for Business Communication and Presentation Skills from Institute of Business Administration (IBA).HEC Recognized Trainer for Business Communication and Presentation Skills.Syed Qaiser Hussain11Thats all about me

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13Your IntroductionComplete nameAcademic journeyCurrent employmentWhere do you expect yourself after 5 yearsExpectations from this workshopDescribe yourself very briefly14Workshops ObjectivesI am not here to teach you listening and speaking skillsI am here to enable you to teach listening and speaking skills to your studentsSo, by the end of this workshop, you would be able to15Workshops ObjectivesIdentify some effective ways of teaching listening and speaking to your students.Adapt / adopt some of the effective ways of teaching listening and speaking skills effectively.16Let Us Begin With

Group FormationWhat is a Language???Merriam-WebsterThe system of words or signs that people use to express thoughts and feelings to each other.www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/language

ReadingWritingListeningSpeakingThinkingSkills in a Language???Skills in a Language???Thinking???

Receptive / InputSkillsReadingListeningProductive / OutputskillsWritingSpeakingSkills in a Language???

Things to be considered before teaching a languageLanguage Learning FeaturesMother / FirstLanguageA natural process.No time restriction.No mean of expression.Second / foreignLanguageAn artificial process. Time restrains.Already knows mother tongue.Language Learning FeaturesMother / FirstLanguageChild knows the world through mother tongue.Errors are considered mile stones.Second / foreignLanguageLearners already have experience of world.Learners have fear of errors.

Language Learning SequenceListeningSpeakingReadingWritingSo lets begin withLanguage Learning SequenceListeningSpeakingReadingWriting

ListeningDefinitionEffective listening skills are the ability to actively understand information provided by the speaker, and display interest in the topic discussed. It also includes providing the speaker with feedback, such as the asking of pertinent questions; to verify that the message is being understood.

Listening Key PointsStudent understands the information.Displays interest in the content (audio / video).Curious about some unintelligible things.Provides feedback.Listening PurposesObtaining informationUnderstandingEnjoymentLearningListening KindsReactive (listen and repeat)Intensive (listen on a focused sound)Responsive (listen and respond briefly)Selective (for particular items in a passage)Extensive (for interactive or responsive purposes)Interactive (to discuss, respond, debate, etc.)Listening ApproachesBottom Up The decoding of the smallest unites (phonemes and syllables) to lead us towards meanings.Top Down The use of background knowledge to predict content.Listening SourcesTeachers TalkGuest SpeakerVideo DocumentariesAudio RecordingsTelevisionThe InternetPrinciples For Making aListening TestListening PrinciplesInterest Will this be interesting for my students?Cultural accessibility Will my students understand the context and ideas?Speech act / Discourse structure Does it discuss abstract concepts or is it based on everyday transaction?Listening PrinciplesDensity Does the information come thick and fast or there moments in which the listener can relax?Language level Is the majority of the vocabulary and grammar appropriate for my students?

Length Will I need to cut part of the recording because it is too long? Is long enough?Quality of recording Is the recording clear? Will background noise affect comprehension?Speed Do the speakers talk too fast for my students?

Listening PrinciplesNumber of speakers Are there many voices, potentially causing confusion?Accent is the accent familiar? Is it comprehensible?Listening PrinciplesListening StagesPre ListeningWhile ListeningPost Listening

Listening StagesActivate Schemata / PredictingBrainstorming Idea generation related to topic.Visuals Showing topic relates images.Realia Link between classroom and outside world through objects display.Texts and words Gap-fill exercises, key words, etc.Opinion, Ideas and Facts.Pre ListeningListening StagesEstablish Reasons for ListeningMake the purpose realistic.Make the goal achievable.Get the students involved.

Pre ListeningListening StagesGenerating QuestionsHigher-Order Questions Concept based.Lower-Order Questions Text basedDisplay Questions Visual based.Pre ListeningListening StagesPre Teaching Vocabulary.Essential to the meaning of the passage.Helpful in the completion of the set task.Give students confidence for completing the task.Give useful information about the topic.Pre ListeningListening StagesDevelopment of the following habits among the students:Listening for GistListening for DetailInferringActive Participation While ListeningListening StagesDevelopment of the following habits among the students:Note TakingListen and DoWhile ListeningListening StagesReflectingChecking and SummarizingDiscussionCreative ResponsesCritical ResponsesPost ListeningMicro Teaching SessionListeningSuppose this is your class and you have been asked to improve the listening skills of this class.Develop at least five (5) learning objectives that you will use in your class while teaching listening skills.ListeningKeeping these objectives in front of you, devise at least three listening activities.The activities must match the learning objectives.Share your outcomes with the other fellows.ListeningResources for listening activitiesLanguage Learning SequenceListeningSpeakingReadingWritingSpeaking

DefinitionThe delivery of language through the mouth.To speak, we create sounds using many parts of our body, including the lungs, vocal tract, vocal chords, tongue, teeth and lips.

Speaking Key PointsStudent deliver their ideas and information.Creation of various sound patterns.Use of organs of speech.Problems with pronunciation.Speaking KindsImitative Repetition Drill.Intensive Practice a grammar or pronunciation.Responsive Respond to a question.Transactional To convey information.Interpersonal To interact socially.Extensive Monologue.Speaking SourcesInterviews.Guessing games.Jigsaw tasks.Ranking exercises.Discussions.Values clarification.Speaking SourcesProblem solving activities.Role plays.Simulations.Principles For Making aSpeaking TestSpeaking PrinciplesFocus on fluency and accuracy.Use of intrinsic motivating techniques.Use of authentic language in meaningful contexts.Appropriate feedback and correction.Development of speaking strategies.Speaking PrinciplesOptimize the natural link between listening and speaking.Give students the opportunity to initiate oral communication.Micro Teaching SessionSpeakingSuppose this is your class and you have been asked to improve the speaking skills of this class.Develop at least five (5) learning objectives that you will use in your class while teaching speaking skills.SpeakingKeeping these objectives in front of you, devise at least three speaking activities.The activities must match the learning objectives.Ask your fellows to participate in those activities.SpeakingResources for speaking activitiesThat Is All For TodayAny Questions???Thank you very much for coming in todays session