2. S.NO statements Agree Don’t
Agree
1 English can only be learned by those who
know its grammar …. and since that is
very technical the majority of the people
fail to learn it.
2 The simplest way to learn English is to
read the dictionary everyday, and
memorize ten words.
3 It is a fact that whoever speaks English
well can’t write well, and whoever writes
well can’t speak well.
4 I avoid speaking in English because if I will
make mistakes, people will make fun of
me.
5 The best way to improve your
pronunciation is to read aloud.

3. S.NO STATEMENTS Agree Don’t
Agree
6 It takes so long to translate what I want to
say in my mind, that I give up.
7 It is hard to find the right words to
express my thoughts.
8 You must have been to many debates and
other activities to really speak with
confidence.
9 Someone told me to watch English
movies but they spoke so fast …. I
couldn't understand anything so I
stopped.
10 English is an international language and
we have to learn it whether we like it or
not.

4. SPOKEN SKILLS
Miss Shazia Islam
Principal
Fauji Foundation Model School,
Airport Area Campus, Rawalpindi

5. Receptive Productive
oral Listening speaking
written reading writing

6. Read
(10%)
Hear
(20%)
See (30%)
Hear and See (50%)
Say (70%)
Say and Do (90%)

7. Speaking is an interactive process of constructing meaning that
involves producing and receiving and processing information
(Brown, 1994; Burns & Joyce, 1997). Its form and meaning are
dependent on the context in which it occurs, including the
participants themselves, their collective experiences, the
physical environment, and the purposes for speaking. It is often
spontaneous, open-ended, and evolving.

8. 8
source Encoding Channel Decoding Receiver
Msg Msg
Msg Msg
Feedback
Context

9. Typical learner problems
Cannot sustain spoken
interaction beyond short
segments
Frequent communication
breakdowns and
misunderstandings
Lack of vocabulary
needed to talk about
common utterances
Lack of communication
strategies

10. Reasons for poor speaking
skills
Lack of curriculum
emphasis on speaking
skills
Teachers’limited English
proficiency
Class conditions do not
favor oral activities
Limited opportunities
outside of class to practice
Examination system does
not emphasize oral skills

11. We’ll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes,
But the plural of ox should be oxen, not oxes.
Then one fowl is goose, but two are called geese,
Yet the plural of moose should never be meese.
You may find a lone mouse or a whole lot of mice,
But the plural of house is houses, not hice.
If the plural of man is always called me,
Why shouldn’t the plural of pan be called pen?
The cow in the plural may be cows or kine,
But the plural pf vow is vows, not vine.
And I speak of a foot, and you show me your feet,
But I give you a boot — would a pair be called beet?
If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth,
Why shouldn’t the plural of booth be called beeth?
Then one may be that, and three may be those,
Yet the plural of hat would never be hose.
We speak of a brother and also of brethren,
But though we say mother, we never say methren.
So our English, I think you will agree,
Is the trickiest language you ever did see.

12. 12
There are at least ten common areas of
communication:
Simple instructions
Spontaneous situations
Social interaction Pair- and group-
work
Question types
Learning-training
Needs analysis Audio-visual aids
Error-correction Evaluation

13. The, beginning of
lesson
Checking
Attendance
Getting
organised:seating,
Books, managing
the blackboard
Intruducing
different stages
Referrinng to visual
aids
Dividing the class
in different pairs
and groups
Control and
discipline
Ending the lesson
Class room Language used in following situations.

14.  The beginning of the lesson
START MIDDLE ENDING
First practice
Then Learn something
Later listen
At the end of the lesson We’re going to do some reading/writing
play games
OK Let’s begin To do this
exercise
Well Now Alright

15. Ending the
lesson
I think we will stop
here well done
Take your home
work
Before you leave ,put
your note books on
my table ?

16. Using visual
aids
Will you go and
bring
chalk/chalk/board
marker
Can you see it?
Take a good look
at picture
Tell me about
the…….on left,of
the…..
Take the chart
and put on my
table

17. Getting organised
Please clean the black board
Put your books away please
Please share with your
Take and pass them on

18. For choral
response
I want all of you to
listen carefully
I want all of you to
answer the
question
Every body ;answer
the question
All together,now
ready ?

19. Taking turns Your turn first,this group
please
We are going to work in
pairs
Next,its your turn now

20. Being late
Did you miss the bus?
Why you are late?
Again late
?

21. Control/
discipline
Settle down please
Take your seats
hurry up
Be quiet Pay attention I am watching you
No more talking
?

22.  If you want to encourage real communication in the classroom
you need to
◦ Establish English as the main classroom language
◦ Try to use interesting topics and stimulating activities, which
take the learners’ minds off the language
 Real life events ( weather, the students’ cloths, their health
and mood, pictures and realia brought to class)
 Events in the world outside ( new films, a circus in town,
national sports victory, the students’ families, etc.)

23. Activities to
develop
speaking skills
Picture-based
activities
Information-gap
activities
Dialogues Role-play
Rehearsed
presentations
Songs and games ?

24.  You are doctor .(like travelling)
 You are a singer.(like pakistani food)
 You are a writer.(like Shakespeare)
 You are a politician.(like music)
 You are a lawyer.(like reading)

25. AN COMPUTER ENGINEER NEEDED

26. Student A TEACHER Student B SICK CHILD
Student seems to be sick wants to
go home,you find no symptoms,
today an important test going on
,you believe child is lyng
You are feeling sick with some
strange illness you think bad that
you have some crazy
symptoms,you want to go home
By end of the role play class must be able to answer
following questions.
What is the name of the student?
What three symptoms student is showing?
Why does he want to go home?
Was child lying and why?

27.  Expressions
I am dying over here
Today is your Maths test I think
O god so painful.am serious am so super
sick
Ok will call your parents after your test
Oh am feeling so unwell
I think am about to faint

28.  Appearance adjectives quality adjectives

29. Greet with smile
Maintain eye contact
Give a firm handshake
Tell your name
Ask for the other person’s name
Repeat the other person’s name
Never draw a negative picture of yourself

30. Relax and forget
about yourself
Listen Ask questions
Use a friendly tone
Choose your words
and questions
carefully
Avoid controversial
and intimate topics
as well as arguments
Neither interrupt a
person in the middle
of his thought, nor
speak on top of it
Compliment the
other person
Thank for a
great
conversation

31. Personal, intimate question
I’m sorry, but I’d prefer not to
answer this question.
Question you don’t know the
answer
I have no idea.
Question you didn’t catch
Can you repeat the question?
Question you don’t understand
because of unfamiliar words or
question structure
I’m sorry, but I don’t understand
your question. Would you mind
telling it in different words?
What does…mean?

32. Move on to another
topic
Ask questions for
clarity
Find common
interests
Compliment the
other person
Observe any visual
clues to draw a topic
out
If an awkward lull
happens, correct it
by saying the
following: I am
thinking of what we
have just talked about.

33. Listening and
reading aloud
Writing
Networking and
making friends
Greeting people on
work place
Having small talks
in public
Watching foreign
movies with
English subtitles
Joining one-on-one
conversations,
conversation and
common interest
groups

34. Don’t be afraid Dive in!
Develop
motivation
Believe in
yourself
Cooperate
with your
colleagues
Don’t worry if
you are
confused.
Get the “big”
picture!
Trust your
“hunches”
Make your
mistakes work
FOR you
Set your
own goals

36. Teaching Listening
and Speaking
From Theory to Practice
Jack C. Richards
Competent (English)
Language Usage Essentials
BY
Dr. C. J. Dubash
Executive Vice Rector
Forman Christian College
Lahore