| Best Practices for Teaching Speaking to ESL Students
- Provide intriguing
situations which spark the desire to speak
- Provide situations in
which students must go beyond the ‘yes-no’ response
- Provide situations which
require students to gather and produce specific information
- Articulate a specific
outcome or purpose for speaking
- Integrate pronunciation
into all class room activities
- Constantly assess and
respond to student difficulties in producing clear speech
- Focus expectations on
content rather than form
- Provide structural
guidelines and practice drilling, but don’t interfere with free
communication
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