UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DEL ECUADOR 
FILOSOFIA,LETRAS Y CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACION 
CARRERA PLURILINGUE 
TEMA: SPEAKING
ELICITING 
- A teacher who can elicit or draw out appropiate verbal language from students 
rather than tell them what to say gets students more actively involved , increases 
their motivation and enhances their learning satisfaction. 
- When eliciting functional language it´s important that learners sound right. 
- Ex: When apologizing students should sound as if they feel sorry and are not just 
using the words without meaning. 
- In order to sound right, students need to learn 
to use appropiate word stress and intonation. 
- It´s useful to teach and elicit suitable responses: 
«I´m really sorry» 
«Oh that´s okay, or «Never mind», or «No problem».
• It´s also important that students are 
aware of register .Without this 
awareness, learners often sound too 
formal or too friendly . 
• Eliciting can be done in the following 
ways : 
ASK QUESTIONS: Use wh-questions 
(what, who, where, why, when and how) 
Rather than yes/no questions. 
• GIVE INSTRUCTIONS THAT 
REQUIRE VERBAL INTERACTION: 
-Tell the person next to you: 
-Describe what can you see in this 
picture.
-USE REAL OBJECTS (REALIA) 
• EX: Show students a credit card and a 
checkbook and ask «What are these 
called? What´s the difference between 
them? 
-USE VISUAL AIDS(drawings, flashcards, 
videos,etc) 
-GIVE DEFINITIONS: 
• Ex: to elicit the word bachelor ask a 
question using the word´s definition: 
«What do we call a man who has 
never married?» 
USE SYNONYMS AND ANTONYMS 
Ex: we can ask which word is similar in 
meaning to slim? 
Which word is opposite in meaning to 
dead?
USE GESTURES AND MIME 
• Many verbs and adjectives (sad, 
happy, angry)can be easily using 
gestures and facial expressions. 
• It´s possible to elicit a short story or 
sequence of actions.This simple 
drama technique is fun and enjoyable 
if you are comfortable with its use. 
USE PROMPTS , CUES AND 
QUESTIONS IN SOCIAL SITUATIONS 
Establish a context that invites that 
students to talk . 
Ex: How would you respond to the 
following situations: 
It´s my 21st birthay today! 
Look at my new watch. What do you 
think? 
FILL GAPS IN TABLES, SCALES, OR 
DIAGRAMS 
• Ex: put up a diagram representing a 
thermometer and indicating the 
position of hot and cold . 
REVIEW KEY VOCABULARY 
Make a list of words from previous 
lessons.You could write this list on the 
board or write the terms on cards and 
have each student take one. 
Remind the students of related words or 
structures and ask questions that will elicit 
use of the key vocabulary.
USE TRANSLATION 
Translation should be used sparingly. Be 
aware that this method of eliciting can only 
work in monolingual classes, (if you are 
teaching Englishin a Spanish-speaking 
country ).You need to speak and 
understand the native language well 
enough to check the accuracy of the 
translation. 
WAYS OF ELICITING 
a.How would you elicit the following 
words? 
1.To jog 
2.To feed someone 
3.Jealous 
4.A refound 
5.Above and below 
6.Bald 
7.A banana 
8.Depressed 
9. A costume 
10. Lion 
b.Think of simple ways to elicit examples of 
the following: 
Making an apology 
Warning someone of danger 
Congratulating someone
MAKING CORRECTIONS WHEN ELICITING RESPONSES 
• When eliciting responses from learners do not be too rigid or disapproving of how 
they answer. 
• If the response isn´t right but it´s not totally unacceptable then say «try again» or 
«yes, but....» . Don´t just reject and discourage the student´s attempts. 
• Above all, avoid setting up a situation in which students are trying to guess «what the 
teacher is fishing for» 
• You should anticipate what learners are likely to say (or no be able to express)before 
the lesson.
Restricted oral practice. 
-Learning a specific language structure requires intensive practice. 
- It’s better to think of this practice as restricted oral practice rather than drilling. Why ? 
- Eliciting responses in short periods ( 3 - 5 minutes ) is one way to make certain that 
the language structure being practiced means something to the students….. 
- This activity can be done for longer periods in the language lab ( 20 minutes ), where the students 
can work alone at their own pace on their individual problems.
- Making use of eliciting techniques. 
- Giving the cue or the model sentence before you ask a particular student to 
respond. 
- Don't point to one student and then give the cue or the prompt. 
- You can get all the students to formulate the response mentally and not 
"switch off" because they are not going to be asked. 
TEACHING ASKING EXAMPLES
Repetition 
-The most basic type of oral practice is simple repetition: 
Teacher: He plays in the park. 
Students: He plays in the park. 
- It is useful to beginners and is not boring if it’s done with attention to detail. 
-It can be used to help learners improve their pronunciation as well as to correct 
common faults….. 
- Vary the repetition by using choral and individual practice…….. 
- You need to be demanding and insist on the correctness of students' responses 
- This is the time for accurate speaking practice….
Echo Questions 
-Make statements that have to be transformed into questions by a change 
in intonation. 
-This practice is useful because learners may often hear statements that 
they don't understand. 
-The echo questions is a way of getting clarification and/or confirmation. 
EXAMPLE: 
STUDENT A: She ate fast food with her parents one month ago 
STUDENT B: One month ago? 
STUDENT A: Yes, One month ago. 
STUDENT A: She is really happy today 
STUDENT B: Is she?
Requires more 
careful listening by 
the students 
More difficult 
T: Do you have a car? 
S: Do you have a car? 
T: A computer. 
S: Do you have a 
computer?
• A more demanding type of substitution 
practice requires students to make their own 
response based on a pattern already taught. * 
T: Your uniform is dirty. 
C: Cleaned 
S: Yes, I am going to cleaned 
tomorrow 
T: your hair is getting very long. 
C: Cut. 
S: yes, I am going to get it cut 
tomorrow.
• Subtitution practice can be carried out in four-line 
dialogues. 
Simple model in a situation 
Student A: I really think that Carnival 
of Ambato is great! 
Student B: Really? I don’t think so! 
Student A: What do you prefer? 
Student B: I prefer Guaranda’s 
Carnival. 
Substituting the underlined words with the following items: 
Mama Negra Carnival 
Christmas 24 de Mayo 
Holy week Halloween 
9 de Octubre Fiestas de Quito
• This exercise is useful practice in using relative 
pronouns (who. whose., etc.) 
Cue: An athlete won a gold medal. He is Russian. 
Response: The athlete who won a gold medal is 
Russian. 
Cue: He is a neighbor. His wife is a ballet dancer. 
Responce: He`s the neighbor whose wife is a 
ballet dancer.
• Combining sentences involves 
using language artificially, it’s 
important to make drills as 
meaningful as possible by using 
context. 
T: Nicolas Lapenti plays basket. 
R: No, he doesn`t. He plays tennis. 
T: Ecuadorians play baseball. 
R: No, they don`t. They play soccer.
Phrase or 
sentence 
causes 
difficulty 
Pronunciation 
or length
Example: 
• If I`d known you were here, I wouldn`t have 
gone away. 
T: If I`d known 
S: If I`d known 
T: you were here 
S: you were here 
T: I wouldn`t have gone away. 
S: I wouldn`t have gone away
Forward chaining 
• It´s advisable to divide the sentence into 
sense-groups and not odd words to make for 
easier pronunciation and to help the students´ 
memory. 
Another Example: 
1. “I´m a teacher but I´d rather be a model” 
2. “She´s a teacher, but she´d rather be a model” 
3. “I´m a student, but I´d rather be a singer”
Developing Oral Fluency 
Oral fluency is a measure of how well and how 
easily you can communicate your ideas clearly and 
accurately in speech.
• Activities: 
-Choose high-interest topics: free- speaking 
activities. 
- Pre-teach: vocabulary, structures and functions. 
-Stimulate interest: Use visuals, personalize the 
topic. 
-Give students time to think and prepare:time to 
decide
-Set the scene for disscussion: Face to face 
interaction. 
-Make a participation plan: all student participate. 
-Organize a time: not much time. 
-Make a recording: Audiocassete or video.
Types of Fluency Activities 
Warm –up activities and icebreaks: Interview. 
Drama Activities: role play and simulation 
Games: Don’t worry so much about how to speak. 
Role-play cards: speak about specific situation or problems 
• Your partner wants you to come out tonight but you don’t 
want to. Make excuses why you can not go out tonight. 
• You are having a party tonight for your friend. It is a surprise 
party so you can not tell your partner why they need to come. 
Convince you partner to come to the party.
-Information gap activities: student talk with 
another and exchange what they know. 
Plan Vacation: Collect information. 
Find Out Information: Find information to answer 
the question
• Make an Appoiment: combine the tasks
• Pronunciation: An information gap activitie 
Practice pronuncition 
Student A: Could you tell me how to get to Jane’s Jeans Shopp? 
Student B: Jean’s Shop. Sure. You go down… 
Student A: No, no. Jane’s Shope. That’s J-A-N-E 
Student B: Oh, Jane’s. Yes. Go east down Chip Street to Chid Street and turn left. 
Walk up Chid Street until it turns into Chitties Street and make a left at Ship 
Street. Walk down Ship Street. Jane’s Jeans Shop is near the corner of Ship and 
Sheet Street 
Student B: Which Corner?....
THANKS FOR YOUR 
ATTENTION

SPEAKING por JACQUELINE GAVILANES

  • 1.
    UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DELECUADOR FILOSOFIA,LETRAS Y CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACION CARRERA PLURILINGUE TEMA: SPEAKING
  • 2.
    ELICITING - Ateacher who can elicit or draw out appropiate verbal language from students rather than tell them what to say gets students more actively involved , increases their motivation and enhances their learning satisfaction. - When eliciting functional language it´s important that learners sound right. - Ex: When apologizing students should sound as if they feel sorry and are not just using the words without meaning. - In order to sound right, students need to learn to use appropiate word stress and intonation. - It´s useful to teach and elicit suitable responses: «I´m really sorry» «Oh that´s okay, or «Never mind», or «No problem».
  • 3.
    • It´s alsoimportant that students are aware of register .Without this awareness, learners often sound too formal or too friendly . • Eliciting can be done in the following ways : ASK QUESTIONS: Use wh-questions (what, who, where, why, when and how) Rather than yes/no questions. • GIVE INSTRUCTIONS THAT REQUIRE VERBAL INTERACTION: -Tell the person next to you: -Describe what can you see in this picture.
  • 4.
    -USE REAL OBJECTS(REALIA) • EX: Show students a credit card and a checkbook and ask «What are these called? What´s the difference between them? -USE VISUAL AIDS(drawings, flashcards, videos,etc) -GIVE DEFINITIONS: • Ex: to elicit the word bachelor ask a question using the word´s definition: «What do we call a man who has never married?» USE SYNONYMS AND ANTONYMS Ex: we can ask which word is similar in meaning to slim? Which word is opposite in meaning to dead?
  • 5.
    USE GESTURES ANDMIME • Many verbs and adjectives (sad, happy, angry)can be easily using gestures and facial expressions. • It´s possible to elicit a short story or sequence of actions.This simple drama technique is fun and enjoyable if you are comfortable with its use. USE PROMPTS , CUES AND QUESTIONS IN SOCIAL SITUATIONS Establish a context that invites that students to talk . Ex: How would you respond to the following situations: It´s my 21st birthay today! Look at my new watch. What do you think? FILL GAPS IN TABLES, SCALES, OR DIAGRAMS • Ex: put up a diagram representing a thermometer and indicating the position of hot and cold . REVIEW KEY VOCABULARY Make a list of words from previous lessons.You could write this list on the board or write the terms on cards and have each student take one. Remind the students of related words or structures and ask questions that will elicit use of the key vocabulary.
  • 6.
    USE TRANSLATION Translationshould be used sparingly. Be aware that this method of eliciting can only work in monolingual classes, (if you are teaching Englishin a Spanish-speaking country ).You need to speak and understand the native language well enough to check the accuracy of the translation. WAYS OF ELICITING a.How would you elicit the following words? 1.To jog 2.To feed someone 3.Jealous 4.A refound 5.Above and below 6.Bald 7.A banana 8.Depressed 9. A costume 10. Lion b.Think of simple ways to elicit examples of the following: Making an apology Warning someone of danger Congratulating someone
  • 7.
    MAKING CORRECTIONS WHENELICITING RESPONSES • When eliciting responses from learners do not be too rigid or disapproving of how they answer. • If the response isn´t right but it´s not totally unacceptable then say «try again» or «yes, but....» . Don´t just reject and discourage the student´s attempts. • Above all, avoid setting up a situation in which students are trying to guess «what the teacher is fishing for» • You should anticipate what learners are likely to say (or no be able to express)before the lesson.
  • 8.
    Restricted oral practice. -Learning a specific language structure requires intensive practice. - It’s better to think of this practice as restricted oral practice rather than drilling. Why ? - Eliciting responses in short periods ( 3 - 5 minutes ) is one way to make certain that the language structure being practiced means something to the students….. - This activity can be done for longer periods in the language lab ( 20 minutes ), where the students can work alone at their own pace on their individual problems.
  • 9.
    - Making useof eliciting techniques. - Giving the cue or the model sentence before you ask a particular student to respond. - Don't point to one student and then give the cue or the prompt. - You can get all the students to formulate the response mentally and not "switch off" because they are not going to be asked. TEACHING ASKING EXAMPLES
  • 10.
    Repetition -The mostbasic type of oral practice is simple repetition: Teacher: He plays in the park. Students: He plays in the park. - It is useful to beginners and is not boring if it’s done with attention to detail. -It can be used to help learners improve their pronunciation as well as to correct common faults….. - Vary the repetition by using choral and individual practice…….. - You need to be demanding and insist on the correctness of students' responses - This is the time for accurate speaking practice….
  • 11.
    Echo Questions -Makestatements that have to be transformed into questions by a change in intonation. -This practice is useful because learners may often hear statements that they don't understand. -The echo questions is a way of getting clarification and/or confirmation. EXAMPLE: STUDENT A: She ate fast food with her parents one month ago STUDENT B: One month ago? STUDENT A: Yes, One month ago. STUDENT A: She is really happy today STUDENT B: Is she?
  • 12.
    Requires more carefullistening by the students More difficult T: Do you have a car? S: Do you have a car? T: A computer. S: Do you have a computer?
  • 13.
    • A moredemanding type of substitution practice requires students to make their own response based on a pattern already taught. * T: Your uniform is dirty. C: Cleaned S: Yes, I am going to cleaned tomorrow T: your hair is getting very long. C: Cut. S: yes, I am going to get it cut tomorrow.
  • 14.
    • Subtitution practicecan be carried out in four-line dialogues. Simple model in a situation Student A: I really think that Carnival of Ambato is great! Student B: Really? I don’t think so! Student A: What do you prefer? Student B: I prefer Guaranda’s Carnival. Substituting the underlined words with the following items: Mama Negra Carnival Christmas 24 de Mayo Holy week Halloween 9 de Octubre Fiestas de Quito
  • 15.
    • This exerciseis useful practice in using relative pronouns (who. whose., etc.) Cue: An athlete won a gold medal. He is Russian. Response: The athlete who won a gold medal is Russian. Cue: He is a neighbor. His wife is a ballet dancer. Responce: He`s the neighbor whose wife is a ballet dancer.
  • 16.
    • Combining sentencesinvolves using language artificially, it’s important to make drills as meaningful as possible by using context. T: Nicolas Lapenti plays basket. R: No, he doesn`t. He plays tennis. T: Ecuadorians play baseball. R: No, they don`t. They play soccer.
  • 17.
    Phrase or sentence causes difficulty Pronunciation or length
  • 18.
    Example: • IfI`d known you were here, I wouldn`t have gone away. T: If I`d known S: If I`d known T: you were here S: you were here T: I wouldn`t have gone away. S: I wouldn`t have gone away
  • 19.
    Forward chaining •It´s advisable to divide the sentence into sense-groups and not odd words to make for easier pronunciation and to help the students´ memory. Another Example: 1. “I´m a teacher but I´d rather be a model” 2. “She´s a teacher, but she´d rather be a model” 3. “I´m a student, but I´d rather be a singer”
  • 20.
    Developing Oral Fluency Oral fluency is a measure of how well and how easily you can communicate your ideas clearly and accurately in speech.
  • 21.
    • Activities: -Choosehigh-interest topics: free- speaking activities. - Pre-teach: vocabulary, structures and functions. -Stimulate interest: Use visuals, personalize the topic. -Give students time to think and prepare:time to decide
  • 22.
    -Set the scenefor disscussion: Face to face interaction. -Make a participation plan: all student participate. -Organize a time: not much time. -Make a recording: Audiocassete or video.
  • 23.
    Types of FluencyActivities Warm –up activities and icebreaks: Interview. Drama Activities: role play and simulation Games: Don’t worry so much about how to speak. Role-play cards: speak about specific situation or problems • Your partner wants you to come out tonight but you don’t want to. Make excuses why you can not go out tonight. • You are having a party tonight for your friend. It is a surprise party so you can not tell your partner why they need to come. Convince you partner to come to the party.
  • 24.
    -Information gap activities:student talk with another and exchange what they know. Plan Vacation: Collect information. Find Out Information: Find information to answer the question
  • 25.
    • Make anAppoiment: combine the tasks
  • 26.
    • Pronunciation: Aninformation gap activitie Practice pronuncition Student A: Could you tell me how to get to Jane’s Jeans Shopp? Student B: Jean’s Shop. Sure. You go down… Student A: No, no. Jane’s Shope. That’s J-A-N-E Student B: Oh, Jane’s. Yes. Go east down Chip Street to Chid Street and turn left. Walk up Chid Street until it turns into Chitties Street and make a left at Ship Street. Walk down Ship Street. Jane’s Jeans Shop is near the corner of Ship and Sheet Street Student B: Which Corner?....
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    THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION