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SELF - ASSESSMENT REFLECTION ON SPOKEN INTERACTION

  1. Identify a variety of purposes for speaking (e.g. to inform, to narrate, to describe, to motivate, to persuade, to instruct).
  2. I can select different types of activities appropriate to the learners' language level, needs and interests.
  3. I can orient the learners towards the speaking task in various ways.
  4. I can involve learners in expressing their personal views or tell about personal experience by promoting activities which specifically deal with the language use.
  5. I am aware of speaking problems and their reasons and can offer an appropriate strategy to resolve the problem.
  6. I can help learners to assess their progress and set short term learning objectives and in this way promote learner’s autonomy.

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(Explanation)

Point 1

Purposeful speaking

A1-1

  1. Spoken interaction for specific information – Missing Items (A1 - Activity 01, Activity 02); Hear, Say and Ask – (A1 - Activity 05)
  2. Spoken interaction for agreement and disagreement – Manners, Taste, Class Trip - (A1 - Activity 03, Activity 04, Activity 06)

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Point 2

The learners’ language level

A1

  1. I can recognise familiar words and very basic phrases concerning myself, my family and immediate concrete surroundings when people speak slowly and clearly
  2. I can understand familiar names, words and very simple sentences, for example on notices and posters or in catalogues.
  3. I can interact in a simple way provided the other person is prepared to repeat or rephrase things at a slower rate of speech and help me formulate what I'm trying to say. I can ask and answer simple questions in areas of immediate need or on very familiar topics.
  4. I can write a short, simple postcard, for examples sending holiday greetings. I can fill in forms with personal details, for example entering my name, nationality and address on a hotel registration form.
  5. I can use simple phrases and sentences to describe where I live and people I know.

B1

  1. I can understand the main points of clear standard speech on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc. I can understand the main point of many radio or TV programmes on current affairs or topics of personal or professional interest when the delivery is relatively slow and clear.
  2. I can understand texts that consist mainly of high frequency everyday or job-related language. I can understand the description of events, feelings and wishes in personal letters
  3. I can deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling in an area where the language is spoken. I can enter unprepared into conversation on topics that are familiar, of personal interest or pertinent to everyday life (e.g. family, hobbies, work, travel and current events).
  4. I can write personal letters describing experiences and impressions.
  5. I can connect phrases in a simple way in order to describe experiences and events, my dreams, hopes & ambitions. I can briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans. I can narrate a story or relate the plot of a book or film and describe my reactions.
  6. I can write straightforward connected text on topics, which are familiar, or of personal interest.

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Point 3

Various ways

  1. Telling what type of task they are going to do.
  2. Establish “rules” for respectful speaking (to express positive and negative feelings and opinions in ways that are suitable for the situation and respect the feelings and opinions of others) while in circle or in group situations.
  3. Share disagreement, emotion, doubt, uncertainty, insecurity, and change views as deemed necessary within a discussion.
  4. Giving key vocabulary and expressions which they may need while doing the activity.

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Point 5

Speaking problems

A1-1

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An appropriate strategy

STRATEGIES FOR SPOKEN INTERACTION

  1. Try to use minimal responses
  2. Build up a stock of responses that you can use in different types of exchanges.
  3. Some communication situations are associated with a predictable set of spoken exchanges -- a script.
  4. Ask for clarification in case you did not understand the meaning of your interlocutor’s speech.
  5. Pay attention to intonation when speaking. It’s important to give the correct stress to words and/or phrases you consider important to make yourself completely understood.
  6. Don’t give too many details unless you think they are necessary


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