Chapter II elt methods: a basic Appraisal 1 Humanistic Approaches

17. List the main points you learned and you would use in teaching listening skills.
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Teaching speaking skills
"Great speakers are not born, they’re trained."- Dale Carnegie (1921)
Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)
To make participants think about speaking as a skill
To strengthen participants’ pedagogical beliefs about teaching speaking
Pedagogical beliefs about teaching speaking skills
18. Which of the following reasons do you think make speaking skill important for learning English?
a. It motivates the learners to communicate expressing their own opinions, idea, and feelings.
b. It affects the other skills a big deal, because through speaking learners can know more about grammar, writing, listening and pronunciation. Such skills cannot be thought in isolation of speaking
c. It promotes self-confidence because the learners feel they can express themselves.
d. It develops students’ ability to get and give information presented in an organized manner .
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19. What pedagogical implications does the following statement have?
Oral communication is the verbal and nonverbal interaction with an audience to communicate thoughts, information, and feelings. Speech is one way human beings make connections with each other. To speak fluently and confidently in a variety of situations is a central human need and an important goal of education.
20. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?
Success is measured in terms of the ability to carry out a conversation in the (target) language."
Therefore, if students do not learn how to speak or do not get any opportunity to speak in the language
classroom they may soon get de-motivated and lose interest in learning. (Nunan 1991:39)
21. In groups: Does teaching speaking skills cause problems for teachers? List 2 main problems and suggestions to overcome them.
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Problem 2: …………………………………………………………………………..
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