Pedagogy of English
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Pedagogy
of English
Developing
speaking skills
The ways to develop
speaking skills are,
Reproduction
exercises:
The teacher
produces a sound and asks the students to reproduce it.It is done individually
or in chorus.
The teacher
speaks words one by one.The students listen to him and reproduce those words
one by one.
Question
answer technique:
The
teacher puts the question to the class one by one. The students give the answer
appropriately.
Questions
and answers may be between one student and other students.
Role
play:
Dialogue
situations may be produced and the students may be asked to play role of some
character and indulge in dialogue.
The
dialogue may be between a doctor and patient or a shopkeeper and buyer.
By
showing chart or picture:
The
teacher shows the picture or chart to the students in a classroom and the
students are asked to speak on it one by one or they may be shown a film for a
few minutes and then they are asked a few sentences about it.
By
performing action:
The
teacher performs actions and the students are asked to respond them.
By
giving an outline of the story:
The
students are asked to complete short stories that are finished partly by the
teacher.
Pupils should
speak the language in meaningful situations. There should be sufficient
repetition and variety to fecilitate habit formation without creating boredom
in the class. The practice in speaking may be started by the teacher with
dialogue. For such a practice dialogues on simple, contextualized situations
may be tried between pair of students.
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