Teaching speaking for A1 level

Strategies for teaching speaking

• Speaking can be formal or informal:

Informal speaking is typically used with family and friends, or people you know well.

Formal speaking occurs in business or academic situations, or when meeting people for the first time.

Strategies for teaching speaking

Speaking is probably the language skill that most language learners wish to perfect as soon as possible.

Teaching beginners can be a daunting prospect, especially when it’s a monolingual group and you know nothing of their language, or it’s a multilingual group and the only common language is the English you’ve been tasked with teaching them. Nevertheless, not only is it possible to teach beginners only through English, but it can also be one of the most rewarding levels to teach.

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