Welcome to 'TeachingEnglish: How to teach speaking'
How will the course help you?
Develop your understanding of speaking skills and explore teaching techniques and activities which promote oral communication in the classroom for a range of ages and levels.
What does the course include?
How to teach speaking is a free self-study training course, which is divided into three hour modules. It also includes:
- A dedicated Facebook community of course participants with up-to-date insight, resources and innovative ideas for you to try out.
- Engaging discussions taking place in the Facebook community
- A free workbook with extra learning content and resources.
What will you learn?
- Module 1: Understanding speaking – key terms and issues
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The aim of this module is to explore key terms and issues in the teaching of speaking. You'll look at how to evaluate and modify activities in terms of communicative quality, and consider how to get your learners using 'real speaking', not just completing grammar tasks.
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
- recognise issues related to accuracy and fluency in speaking practice
- distinguish between oral activities which practise grammar and oral activities which are communicative
- evaluate a range of speaking activities
- modify activities to make them more effective in developing oral communication skills. - Module 2: Understanding speaking – maximising interaction
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The aim of this module is to introduce you to a range of techniques and activities which promote speaking in your classroom. You'll look at the benefits of pair and group work and adapt tasks to maximise student interaction.
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
- distinguish between oral activities which practise grammar and oral activities which are communicative
- adapt reading tasks to make them more communicative. - Module 3: Understanding language practice activities
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The aim of this module is to explore and evaluate a range of practice activities. The module also looks at flexible activities that can be adapted for different ages and levels. You have the opportunity to select appropriate activities which match with lesson aims, and justify your choices.
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
- identify the skills and language that different activities practise and address some common concerns about practice activities
- use songs, stories and mobile phones in a variety of ways for classroom language practice
- choose language practice activities which correspond to your lesson aims and learners' needs.
When is the course?
Enrolment for 'TeachingEnglish: How to teach speaking' is now closed. Sign up to the free newsletter to keep up to date on when our courses open.
How much does the course cost?
The course is free.
How can you get a certificate?
You will receive a certificate if you successfully complete all self-study modules.
What level of English do you need?
Minimum CEFR B1
What can you do now?
If you're interested in learning more about teaching speaking, you can:
- Get teaching ideas from our Courses for teachers Facebook community.
- Access learning content related to our courses on Facebook (Facebook account required).
- Access teaching resources on the TeachingEnglish website
- Download the free course workbook.
Comments
Registration
Hi Rustami
We hope to offer this course again in May this year. You can check back nearer the time to register for it, or sign up for our newsletter to keep up to date with all our latest courses, news and resources here: https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/subscribe-our-newsletter
Thanks
Cath
TeachingEnglish team
Enrolling for this course
Hello there,
I really would like to enroll for this course as I need to develop my personal career. How can I enroll for it please ?
Kind regards !
Registration
Hi Mohammedjakan,
We hope to offer this course again in May this year. You can check back nearer the time to register for it, or sign up for our newsletter to keep up to date with all our latest courses, news and resources here: https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/subscribe-our-newsletter
Cath
TeachingEnglish team
Subscription
I'd like to subscribe for teaching speaking course next may.
Thank you.
Registration
Hi bayrak
You can register for our courses once the enrollment opens. To keep up to date with when our new courses are starting, it's a good idea to subscribe to our newsletter. You can do that by clicking on this link: https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/subscribe-our-newsletter
Hope that helps,
Cath
TeachingEnglish team
This sounds like an…
This sounds like an incredibly useful and comprehensive course! It's great that it is free and I'm looking forward to enrolling in May 2023.
Course for teaching how to speak English
I would like to enroll for this course.
Course not currently available
Hi Dawn
I'm afraid this course isn't currently available - we hope to run it again next year, so please keep checking back or sign up to our newsletter so that you can stay up to date with all our training and resources.
Thanks,
Cath
TeachingEnglish Team
Course
Hi Dost Muhammad awan
We hope to run this course again in May 2023. Please check back on this page, or sign up for our newsletter to keep up to date with courses, events and resources: https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/subscribe-our-newsletter
Thanks,
Cath
TeachingEnglish Team
I want to learning English
I am destitute in English. So i want to writing and speaking better in English. I am kindly requesting to you please help me and fulfilled to my dream.
Learning English
Hi Swagakita Ratha
This website is mostly for English language teachers. If you want to learn or improve your English, you should go to our LearnEnglish website here:
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/ You can find different activities and resources for learning English, as well as information about online English language courses with the British Council.
Hope that helps,
Cath
TeachingEnglish Team
IELTS
Hi saidumar
If you are interested in finding out more about the IELTS speaking test, you can check these resources:
https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/kishore-roy-ielts-speaking-test
https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/evaluating-speaking-ielts-speaking-test
You can also find out more about the IELTS exam on this page: https://takeielts.britishcouncil.org/
Hope that helps,
Cath
TeachingEnglish Team
Course not currently available
Hi Ashishkorde
This course is not available at the moment, but we hope to run it again in May 2023. To keep up to date with all our latest courses, webinars and resources, I would recommend signing up for our newsletter here: https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/subscribe-our-newsletter
Best wishes,
Cath
TeachingEnglish team
Great opportunity
I'm interested in how to teach pronunciation and speaking.
Enrolling on the course
Taking this course is something I would really love to do. I'm hoping the course will be offered again soon. Thank you very much for the learning opportunities.
I did not get how to watch…
I did not get how to watch it? could someone please help me?
How to teach Speaking
Hi Djipa57,
We don't have a confirmed start date for a new run of Teaching pathways: How to teach Speaking. New dates will be published on the main page when they are programmed. Any course that is currently available will show up on your account, on and after the day it starts.
The current course is: Teaching pathways: How to teach grammar. The details are here if you happen to be interested in that course.. https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/teaching-pathways-how-teach-grammar, and I hope we can offer the speaking one soon :).
Anne
TeachingEnglish team
Difficulty in enrolling
Hello, team.
I followed your steps, yet I couldn't enroll.
Please how can I enroll this course?
Starting the course
Hi,
Can you try logging out and logging back in again - you should see the 'My Portfolio' menu, and in it's drop down menu 'My Courses' - this takes you to the course site where you'll be able to start. Fingers crossed that works now :).
Anne
I have received a message…
I have received a message that this course ki unavailable. when this course will start?
Course dates
Hi Sania,
Thanks for your message and I'm glad the course sounds interesting for you.
We don't have a confirmed start date for a new run of Teaching pathways: How to teach Speaking. New dates will be published on the main page when they are programmed. Any course that is currently available will show up on your account, on and after the day it starts.
The next active course starts on the 30th August : Teaching pathways: How to teach grammar. The details are here if you happen to be interested in that course.. https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/teaching-pathways-how-teach-grammar, and I hope we can offer the speaking one soon :).
Anne
TeachingEnglish team
Course dates not set yet
Hi Isabel,
Thanks for your message and I'm glad the course sounds interesting for you.
We don't have a confirmed start date for a new run of Teaching pathways: How to teach Speaking. New dates will be published on the main page when they are programmed. Any course that is currently available will show up on your account, on and after the day it starts.
The next active course starts on the 30th August : Teaching pathways: How to teach grammar. The details are here if you happen to be interested in that course.. https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/teaching-pathways-how-teach-grammar, and I hope we can offer the speaking one soon :).
Anne
TeachingEnglish team
How to teach speaking
Hello,
I'm interested in enrolling this course. Do you have any idea when it will be available?
Isabel
when is the exam ?
I want to know how to obtain a certificate from an online course and when is the exam to get it ?
And thank you for the wonderful program .
Certificates
Hi,
If you follow a course with us and complete at least 70% of the content you will be able to download a certificate from yoru profile. The course on this page ( about Speaking) isn't running at the moment. The next course we are running is Teaching Pathways: How to Teach Grammar. If you are interested in this course, log into your account, look in My Portfolio, and you'll see it open from 30th August.
Anne
TeachingEnglish team
How to teach
Hi
I'm haja
I didn't teach that before, I want to learn the teaching
I'm graduated ( major mathematics science) from Sudan
Thank you
Exploring the speaking and teaching Technics
I wish to understand and comprehend the speaking and teaching Technics to enhance my knowledge in English.
Hi.... I m interested to…
Hi.... I m interested to learn this course.
HI I can not find MY Portfolio option
I can not find My Portfolio option Please help me
My Portfolio
Hi,
If you are logged into TeachingEnglish ( this means you may have to create a free account?), you'll see above your personal details a menu bar? (If you're on a mobile you can click the three lines to open the Menu). Do you see a Menu option My portfolio? If you do, click My courses and you should see the courses which are live. The Speaking course is not currently running. The course you will see soon if 'How to teach grammar' from 30th August.
Anne
TeachingEnglish team
Starting a course
Hi Akhtar,
Firstly 'Welcome to the site' and let's hope you can be online learning with us soon! I'm sorry that you haven't been able to find the menu 'My Portfolio' where you'll be able to see any courses that are currently active. If you are logged into TeachingEnglish ( this means you may have to create a free account?), you'll see above your personal details a menu bar? (If you're on a mobile you can click the three lines to open the Menu). Do you see a Menu option My portfolio? If you do, click My courses and you should see the course.
Let us know if you can see and start the course :)
Anne
TeachingEnglish team
4-week course
Hello everyone, Just I need to ask you about the course items, where I can find Today's course topics sorry for that, this is the first time here for me
Thank you alot
Course dates
Hi Malak, and welcome!
We don't have a confirmed start date for a new run of Teaching pathways: How to teach Speaking. New dates will be published on the main page when they are programmed. Any course that is currently available will show up on your account, on and after the day it starts.
The next course we are running is Teaching Pathways: online skills for 21st century teachers https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/teaching-pathways-online-skills-21st-century-teachers which started on the 19th of July if you are interested in those skills.
Best regards,
Anne
Acquire skills
I wish to join the skill acquisition lecture to help argument my knowledge on certain skills. I like to join .
Thanks
Course dates
Hi mrlooksal,
We don't have a confirmed start date for a new run of Teaching pathways: How to teach Speaking. New dates will be published on the main page when they are programmed. Any course that is currently available will show up on your account, on and after the day it starts.
The next active course starts on the 30th August : Teaching pathways: How to teach grammar. The details are here if you are interested in that course.. https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/teaching-pathways-how-teach-grammar
Anne
TeachingEnglish team
Enrolling on the speaking course
I am interested on the speaking course, who knows when will it start?
Course dates
Hi,
We don't have a confirmed start date for a new run of Teaching pathways: How to teach Speaking. New dates will be published on the main page when they are programmed. Any course that is currently available will show up on your account, on and after the day it starts.
The next course we are running is Teaching Pathways: online skills for 21st century teachers https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/teaching-pathways-online-skills-21st-century-teachers starting on the 19th of July if you are interested in those skills.
Best regards,
Anne
unable to enroll
Please I am interested in doing this course. Can you enrol me?
Course dates
Hi,
We don't have a confirmed start date for a new run of Teaching pathways: How to teach Speaking. New dates will be published on the main page when they are programmed. Any course that is currently available will show up on your account, on and after the day it starts.
The next course we are running is Teaching Pathways: online skills for 21st century teachers https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/teaching-pathways-online-skills-21st-century-teachers starting on the 19th of July if you are interested in those skills.
Best regards,
Anne
How to catch the course tomorrow
Hello,
Actually I'm interesting to join this course hopefully to feedback alot of benefits on me. But I'd like to know how to attend this course.
My best
Course dates
Hi,
We don't have a confirmed start date for a new run of Teaching pathways: How to teach Speaking. New dates will be published on the main page when they are programmed. Any course that is currently available will show up on your account, on and after the day it starts.
The next course we are running is Teaching Pathways: online skills for 21st century teachers https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/teaching-pathways-online-skills-21st-century-teachers starting today on the 19th of July if you are interested in those skills.
Best regards,
Anne
Course dates
Hi,
We don't have a confirmed start date for a new run of Teaching pathways: How to teach Speaking. New dates will be published on the main page when they are programmed. Any course that is currently available will show up on your account, on and after the day it starts.
The next course we are running is Teaching Pathways: online skills for 21st century teachers https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/teaching-pathways-online-skills-21st-century-teachers starting on 19th of July if you are interested in those skills.
Best regards,
Anne
I'd like to join