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Speaking Skills for English Language Learners
Joe McVeigh
Literacy New York Spring ConferenceSaratoga Springs, New YorkApril 17, 2010
Needs Assessment
Who are your students?
What do they want to do that they can’t do?
What do you need to know to help them?
Power Tools
Using language to get more language
Making recordings
Writing things down
Listening and pronunciation
basics
Distinguishing sounds: minimal pairs
Word Stress
Sentence stress and reduced forms
Basic intonation patterns
Cultural differences
Cultural differences
Nonverbal communication
Directness and indirectness
Language differences and interference
Working with speaking
Controlled to less controlled activities
Repetition and drills
Dialogs
Information gap activities
Free conversation
Who is doing most of the talking?
Questions
Useful resources
Photo CreditsAll photos from flickr used under a Creative Commons license
• Biking daredevil Martin Terber• Men in hardhats USACE Europe District• Woman in bedroom with laptop Kenny Corbin• Boy with glowing light “The hills are alive”
Caroline• Ryobi power tools Michel Ngilen• Saw blade Paul Hart• Audio recorders by “yoppy” & “edvvc”• Listening ears Ky Olsen• Twin sheep Donald MacLeod• Small and large buildings Ibrahim Iugaz• Blurred baby on swing Bart Everson• Roller coaster Justin Holzworth
Photo CreditsAll photos from flickr used under a Creative Commons license
• Mother with baby Hamed Saber• Peaceful Chinese water village Luo Shaoyang• Colored lights patterns “ctd 2005”• Surprised girl Paulo Cruz• Control key Faramarz Hashemi• Red dimpled pattern “fdecomite”• Dialog Indi Samarajiva• Ice crevasse McKay Savage• Women in conversation Procsilas Moscas• Baby birds Robert S Donovan• Question mark Ethan Lofton• Colored thank you “vistamommy”
Download the handout and other resources at
www.joemcveigh.org
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