1. Teaching speaking December 2010

2. Dilemmas teachers face I’vebeenaskedtoteach a conversationclass, butwhatisconversation? Isitjust free speaking? How can I help my studentsbecome more fluent?

3. Two simple approaches Awareness-raisingactivities Appropiation activities

4. Awareness-raising Activitiesaimed at helpinglearnersdiscover and evenfillingtheirknowledge gaps. Awarenessinvolves at leastthreeprocesses: attention, noticing and understanding.

5. Appropiation Overthe time and through social interaction, theskill, whichisfirst “other-regulated”, becomes “self-regulated”.

6. The beauty of pair-work “Pairworkimmediatelyincreasestheamount of studenttalking time" (Harmer 1998), itprovidesthestudentswiththeopportunitytocommunicatewitheachotherto share "suggestions, hypothesis, insights, feedback, successes, and failures" (Nielson, 1989).

8. Changesthe pace of thelesson.

10. Some activities Talking dice Toss and talk Phototreasurehunt Firstimpressions Neutral statements Scruples Schizophrenic monologue Absurdinterruption Neverhave I ever Grammarreformulation