Speaking and Writing

What to consider for material design

Agenda

• Aspects of Speaking and Writing• Types of Speaking and Writing• An example of Speaking and Writing• Considerations for designing material for

Speaking and Writing

Aspects of Speaking and Writing

Speaking• Conversational discourse• Pronunciation(intonation, stress, rhythm)• Accuracy and fluency

• Affective factors• Clustering, redundancy,

reduced forms.• Performance(type of language, tempo)

Writing• Process and product• Interlanguage processes• Authenticity

• Complexity• Formality• Syntactical aspects• Audience

Types of Speaking and Writing

Speaking• Imitative

• Intensive• Responsive• Transactional• Interpersonal• extensive

Writing• Imitative

• Intensive or controlled• Self-writing• Real writing(Academic, Vocational,

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An example of speaking and writing

• Please, join your groups.• From the short presentation you’ve seen so

far, and the understanding of the readings, make one activity either of speaking or writing for our group.

• Follow the following considerations….

TEACHING SPEAKING• http://

iteslj.org/Techniques/Kayi-TeachingSpeaking.html

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF7zsz8fi64

TEACHING WRITINGhttp://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9z71iNrlew

Considerations for…

Speaking• Be sure you activate

speaking skills• Set timing for the activity

you suggest• Focus on few aspects of

speaking, don’t try to cover many

• Guarantee some individual practice before performing

• State your role as a teacher

Writing• Be sure you activate writing

skills• Focus on one type of writing

preferably• Account for authentic

writing activities• Provide a process of writing• Determine what aspects of

writing students must focus on the most