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This powerpoint is supported by a training, (which has been done face to face and also on line) for adult ESOL teachers and tutors. It discusses techniques for enhanced oral communication in context. This is one of the most difficult language skills with many variables and barriers (personality, vocabulary dificiencies, pronunciation, structure, listening comprehension).
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THE ART OF CONVERSATIONCan We Talk?
BILL AND MARIA KOONCE, [email protected]
GENERAL GUIDELINES
1. Select a Competency/Topic: Conversation in Context
2. Make it Relevant/Meaningful3. Integrate all Language Skills4. Focus on Listening and
Speaking5. Model Correct Language: No
Correction
FL. CURRICULUM COMPETENCIES
1. Communication2. Civics, Family & Community
Resources3. Employment4. Consumer Education5. Health & Nutrition6. Transportation & Travel7. Safety & Security
ACTIVITIES 1. Telephone situations: conversation, message,
call back (realia) 2. Use photos to talk about family members
(visuals) 3. Interview (role-play) 4. Clothes, Advertisements (Language
Experience Approach) 5. Parts of the Body (Total Physical Response)
Symptoms (visuals, mimic, role-play 6. How did you come to the US? (experiential
learning) 7. Newspaper articles: a crime, a weather threat
(current events, relevancy)
OTHER ACTIVITIES Games Poetry, Songs Show-and-Tell Riddles and Jokes Exchange recipes Television shows and Movies
ASSESSMENT Self evaluations Checklists
RESOURCES Textbook Series? ______________ Cambridge University Press:
Keep Talking by F. Klippel Five-Minute Activities by P. Ur and A. Wright Grammar Activities by P. Ur Just Listening and Speaking (with CD) by M.
CavendishOxford University Press:
The Oxford ESOL Handbook by P. Schellekens
RESOURCES (CONT.)
http://esl.about.com/ http://efl4u.com/ http://www.usingenglish.com/
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