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The document outlines common problems faced by students during speaking activities and provides corresponding solutions. Key issues include students' inability to express themselves, lack of interest, and dominance by stronger students, with solutions such as pre-teaching vocabulary, careful topic selection, and role allocation. It emphasizes the importance of clear instructions and addressing mistakes effectively to enhance speaking skills.

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4 Speaking

The document outlines common problems faced by students during speaking activities and provides corresponding solutions. Key issues include students' inability to express themselves, lack of interest, and dominance by stronger students, with solutions such as pre-teaching vocabulary, careful topic selection, and role allocation. It emphasizes the importance of clear instructions and addressing mistakes effectively to enhance speaking skills.

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CELTA INPUT

Productive Skills:
Speaking

Speaking Activities: problems and solutions

PROBLEMS SOLUTIONS
Students are unable to express * Pre teach necessary vocabulary, structure,
themselves. language of argument, functional language
needed etc.

Students have no interest in the topic, lack * Careful choice of topic (NOT teacher’s own
motivation, issues are too wide. hobby horse).
* Build up situation carefully, allowing time and
providing a medium to prepare students’
thoughts.
* Raise motivation through an effective lead-in,
warmer.
Students “dry up”. * Provide sufficient preparation time;
group and pair work to spark off ideas.
* Teacher can provide prompts.
Students are unclear of the aims of the * Careful setting up. Clarify the situation. Clear
activity. instructions.
Stronger students dominate the quieter * Careful allocation of roles e.g. ‘chairperson’
ones. given to a dominant student.
* Previous preparation could involve all quiet
students in one group.
Dependency / over-reliance on the * Particularly at lower levels - gradually wean
teacher. students into these types of activities, a little
but often e.g. fluency warmers to start off
lessons.
Students make a lot of mistakes. * Note down errors during the activity and
select the significant errors for a correction slot
at the end of the activity. This could then
provide direction for the content of the next
lesson.
Anti-climax can’t seem to be reached. * If students don’t reach a decision for example
in a discussion, is this important? To round off,
take a class vote on the issue or allow a few
moments for silent reflection and then students
discuss how they felt about their role, etc in the
activity.

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