DEVELOPING
SKILLS
WORKING WITH
SPOKEN LANGUAGE
Points to Think and Talk about
• Mention various listening activities you
can do in your classes.
• Is it important to teach phonetic
symbols to your students?
• How can you make sure that everyone is
active in a discussion?
Language to Think about
• What would you say to a student who is
speaking too loud?
• Can you think of other ways to say “Copy me”?
Listening Activities
Now we’ll do a listening exercise. Let’s finish off with a dictation.
I want you to listen to (a) part of a First of all, listen to the whole text.
conversation. Now I’ll re-read the text in small
Now we’ll listen to an extract from a sections.
news bulletin. I’ll read each section twice, with a short
Your job is to listen to a section of a pause.
dialogue. Now I’ll read the whole text once more at
normal speed.
Before you listen, ... Listen and make any small corrections.
What could this dialogue/conversation Now you have five minutes to check it
be about? through.
What do you think this recording will be Now check your version against the
about? original.
Now listen again and this time ... Listen and take notes.
Fill in the missing words. Write a summary of the lecture.
Make a list of all the words to do with Write a one-page summary on the basis
colour. of your notes.
Listen and choose the most suitable Give an oral report on what happened in
answer. the meeting.
Decide what will happen next.
Listening & Repeating
Helping with the Pronunciation
Introducing Speaking Activities
Moving towards Free Conversations
Running a Class Discussion
Running a Class Discussion
WORKING WITH
WRITTEN LANGUAGE
Points to Think and Talk about
• Which written skill do you like most?
• Mention reading activities you know.
• What writing activities can you think of?
Language to Think about
• Could you explain these instruction?
Multiple choice, fill in the gaps, true
falseCan you spell fluently?
• Do you know the names of these
punctuations? . , : ; ‘ ? () /
Revisiting the Basic Text
Go through the text and underline the What’s the corresponding noun?
adverbs. What is a synonym of/for ‘dear’?
Highlight all the connectors in the text. What is the opposite of ‘tall’?
How many idiomatic expressions can you
What adjective is derived from ‘nation’?
find?
How many references to colour are there? What noun comes from ‘electric’?
Do you know the noun corresponding to
What does the word mean in this context? the verb ‘organize’?
What does this word mean here? Give me the adjective that corresponds
What does it refer to here? to ‘persuade’.
In what sense is the word (being) used here?
In/with what meaning does the writer use the How do you understand this
word?
comment?
Find a word meaning ‘tired’. What is the author referring to when
Find a phrase that means ‘she was angry’. she/he says...?
Find a sentence which tells/shows you that ... What is this a reference to?
Pick out the words that describe the What could the author mean when
countryside. she/he says...?
Which two words make it clear that ...?
Reading Activities
Answer the questions. Fill in the blanks.
Read Chapter 3 and answer these questions. Find the right word for each blank/gap.
Find answers to the following questions. Fill each blank with a suitable word.
Answer the questions with reference to the
Complete the sentences with an
text.
appropriate word.
Let’s look at the questions you prepared Complete the cloze passage on page 5.
on this text. Every seventh word has been left
You had the job/task of preparing two out/omitted. /əˈmɪtɪd/
questions each on this unit. Supply /səˈplaɪ/ the missing words.
Who is going to ask the questions about/on
this chapter? 4 Match the questions and answers.
What answers did you find to your questions
Find a picture to match each word.
in the text?
Ask your partner three questions based on Match the sentences/words with/to the
the text. pictures.
Summarize the text that you had to read for Find the sentences that refer to this
your partner. picture.
Agree with your partner on the three main Which picture goes with this sentence?
ideas presented in the text.
Reading Activities
Basic Writing Activities
Advanced Writing Activities
Spelling, Punctuation, and Grammar
How do you spell giraffe? You need a comma here.
Who knows how to spell it? Check your punctuation.
How is ‘giraffe’ spelt/spelled? There should be a full stop.
What is the correct/normal spelling of Put a comma after this word
this word? Can we leave this comma out?
The word is spelt/spelled c-a-s-u-a-l. Do we need a comma here?
You forgot the apostrophe at the end.
Spell it in English. There is an apostrophe missing at the
Use the English names for the letters. end.
Do you know how to say the alphabet in You need to punctuate the sentence to
English? make it clear.
3 Have you spelt it right? What’s wrong with this sentence?
Let’s see/I wonder if you’ve spelt it Can you see anything wrong with this?
right/correctly.
Watch your spelling.
Is there anything wrong with the
spelling?
Can anybody correct the spelling?
Developing
Academic and
Thinking Skills
Language to Think about
• Can you read out numerical information?
12, 1857, 1,053, 5 ½, 3.5, 3/4
• Can you use the words effect and affect
correctly?
Describing, Classifying and Comparing
Defining and Exemplifying
Describing Processes and Effects
Using Statistics
Explaining and Hypothesizing
