Teaching Speaking

Description
Using authentic footage from a real English language lesson, Teacher Educator Jamie King leads you through a guided observation of the lesson, combining classroom practice with expert insights into the theory and practice of teaching speaking skills.

Learning Outcomes
By the end of the video, you will be better able to:

• Plan and stage an effective productive skills lesson using a Task-Based Learning (TBL) approach
• Identify how input and preparation before speaking tasks can scaffold skills development
• Identify how task, content and/or language feedback after tasks can promote further skills development
• Distinguish between weak and strong forms of TBL
• Recognise key factors that can make speaking lessons more engaging, meaningful and successful
• Observe and evaluate how these principles are applied and managed in practice