TEACHING SPEAKING
SPEAKING is a productive skill that enables a person to produce oral output and put information out in the world. The style of speaking depends on the context (a casual conversation, a formal conversation, a speech, etc.) and it reflects the role/status the person has in that intervention. Speaking has three main functions depending on the aim: talk as interaction, talk as transaction, and talk as performance. INTERACTION : it is the most casual style, the one used to maintain social relationships (social function). The main example would be the casual conversation, the small talk. Teaching talk as interaction Native speakers have several fixed expressions that foreign speakers should learn and use in order to sound natural ( long time no see, as I was saying, what’s up, I don’t get the point… ). Some skills that should be developed are opening/closing conversations, making small talks, joking, turn-taking, reacting,.. Activities could include: providing the groups with situations in
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