Tips for improving speaking skills

Presented by
A.Vishnu priya
Speaking

Myself
Accurately
Practice in public
Social communication
Across curriculum
Practice to think in English
Talk to yourself in English
Get a friend or partner to talk to you
Read as much as materials as possible in
English
Watch English channels
Writing everyday-eg Diary
Use learn phrases
Listen to songs in English
Prepare specific situation to talk
Translate your thoughts in English
 Myself

Making introduction
Sharing personal information
Describing feeling and opinion
 Accurately

Pronouncing
Diphthongs
Accurately
Working with silent letters
Learning word stress
 Practice in public

Practicing language for debate

Group discussion
Social communication

Apology
Asking Clarification
Giving description
Speaking across curriculum

Narrating
Reporting
illustrating
 . Students should practise using
English for academic purposes right
from school level
A few important academic skills that your
students will need to use in English; for
example,
being able to narrate an event or define,
describe and illustrate their points
These skills include the ability to use
subject-
specific words and sentences,
narrate points and ideas logically and
interestingly,
use discourse markers effectively to
help the listener navigate through the
discourse (for example, story,
definition, explanation, argument).
 Academic English requires fluency in
formulating ideas and presenting them
effectively
 Outcome
Help your students understand the value of speaking
for a purpose;

Engage your students in academic tasks that improve

their speaking skills;

Make your students aware of the language of definition,

narration, illustration and description;

Give your students opportunities to integrate their

reading skills with their speaking and listening skills
 . An ice breaker is a popular activity for
academic situations such as classrooms,
seminars, workshops and conferences
To help students become more
articulate
 Express themselves appropriately in
English
we have to give them opportunities in the
class to share their thoughts and ideas
with their peers.
This will help make them less
self-conscious, and will give them
practice in preparing to speak before a
more formal audience.
We can give them academic tasks that
involve
Sharing ideas to list points,
Giving reasons for their viewpoint on
something,
Describing something
Activity-1

Describing something tasks that will

make them focus on the information
to be shared rather than on their
(inappropriate) language skills. ROAD
MAP & PICTURE READING
 Students learn to use
subjectspecific language, and
express themselves grammatically.
Do you have shy and withdrawn
students in your class?
 Do you think picking out the shy
students and making them
answer questions in the class is a
good way of developing self-
confidence and fluency? Why or
why not?
Are your students self-conscious when
they meet someone for the first time?
 What steps have you taken to make
them more self-confident and fluent?