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
Enrolling on the course
Hi Naomi,
If you have already created an account and are logged in, you will see the tab "My Portfolio" in the menu bar at the top of this page. Click on that, and then "My courses". This takes you to the courses homepage. If you then click on "Explore all courses" you can see all available courses and click "Enrol in activity" for the ones you are interested in.
Hope that helps,
Cath
TE Team
lost of enroll button
Dear Sir,
I can't find enroll button of the training. Please help me.
Enrolling on the course
Hello Lwin
You need to follow steps 1-4 above. First you will need to create an account, or login to your existing account. Then you will see the tab "My Portfolio" in the menu bar at the top of this page. Click on that, and then "My courses". This takes you to the courses homepage. If you then click on "Explore all courses" you can see all available courses and click "Enrol in activity" for the ones you are interested in.
Hope that helps,
Cath
TE Team
How to enroll
Enroll button is not available, Please help to enroll
Enrolling on the course
Hello
To enrol on the course, you need to follow steps 1-4 above. First, you need to create an account and login - then you will see a tab "My Portfolio" in the top left hand of the menu bar. From there you can access the course homepage and enrol.
Hope that helps,
Cath
TE Team
No course content is visible
Hi,
I have completed all the steps. However, when I try to access the under my classes, Only the thumbnail and general description of the module is visible. No content appears under the task status etc. It also shows the progress as 100%.
Course content
Hi Suhani
If you cannot see the course content after you are enrolled and logged in, you could try accessing the course using a different browser. If it still doesn't work, can you report this to the technical team. You need to click on the orange "Help" button in the bottom right of the screen.
Cath
TE Team
Introduction
I'd like to join this course to help improve my CPD.
Thanks a lot for providing this opportunity.
enrolling on the course
Hi DasSumitra
First you need to create an account and make sure you are logged in. Then you will see a tab at the top left of the page "MyPortfolio" - if you click on that, and then "My Courses" you will be taken to the courses homepage. If you click on "Explore all courses" you will be able to see all the available courses. Then just click on "Enrol in activity".
Hope this helps!
Cath
TE Team
I cannot save my progress
I wonder why I cannot save my progress when I finish each unit???
Saving progress
Hello LeeThuy,
If you are working through the course but are unable to save your progress, could you please report this to the technical team by clicking on the orange "Help" button in the bottom right hand of the screen on the course page?
Thanks,
Cath
Hi I am Almaz from
Hi I am Almaz from Azerbaijan. I am interested how to teach speaking in class
Language Arts
I am interested in learning teaching english language as a whole.
Teaching Pathways
I teach English to undergraduate students who need to boost their communication skill.
Inclusion in the Speaking Course
Please count me in in these free courses.
enrolling on the course
Hi donaldvd
You can enrol on the course by following the four steps above.
Hope you enjoy it,
Cath
TE Team
Enrollment
Hello, I would be grateful if you could tell me how to enroll the course since I have already created a TeachingEnglish acount but I don't see any option or button around neither My Portfolio section. TIA
I am really interested in the
I am really interested in the course.
Regarding Enrolment .
I could not find My Portfolio or my courses,when I logged in. Please help me.
Enrolment
Dear Dilki
You have not enrolled on the course. Please log in to your account first.
When you have logged in, please click HERE to go to the course website.
Click to 'Enrol in Activity'
The next time you log in to your TeachingEnglish account, you will see 'MY PORTFOLIO' at the top of the page.
Regards
Paul (TeachingEnglish team)
REGARDING THE ENROLMENT
When I log in it appears ' Session limit exceeded' So please help me
Session limit exceeded
Dear Dilki
This message appears when you are already logged in to your TeachingEnglish account on a different browser, for example Microsoft Edge. To continue, you just need to select a session to disconnect. You can only be logged in to your account on one browser for security reasons.
I hope that helps,
Regards
Paul (TeachingEnglish team)
Hi how do I enter into the course? I think it has already commen
Hello, How do I join the course.
I think it has already commenced and I can't see any link leading to the course.
Kindly advice.
Accessing the 'How to teach speaking course'
Hi Mohamed, It looks like you have enrolled in the course. Congratulations!
To access the course, please see the instructions below:
On a desktop or laptop computer:
1. Log in to your free TeachingEnglish account.
2. If you have enrolled in the course, you will see 'MY PORTFOLIO' in the menu bar at the top of the page next to the Home button.
3. Move your mouse over MY PORTFOLIO to see the drop-down menu.
4. Click on ‘My courses’ to access your training.
I am an English Teacher in Nogales Sonora Mexico.
I'm so glad to be part of this group. I enrolled today.
Good luck and enjoy it.
I have created an account, but I can´t enroll this course.
There isn´t an available case to click and enroll in this course.
enrolling on the course
Hi Ana
You need to log in to your account. Then you will see "My Portfolio" on a tab in the top left of the menu of this page. Click on that, and that will take you to the courses homepage. If you click on "Explore all courses" (a green tab) - you will see all available courses, and then you can click on "Enrol in Activity". If you are still having problems once you are on the courses homepage, please click the "Help" button in the bottom right hand corner to report your issue to our technical team.
Thanks
Cath
TE Team
I am having issues opening
I am having issues opening the teaching speaking course. I logged in but could not find ‘my portfolio’ or ‘my courses’ option.
logging in
Hello Amanu
If you are logged in now - you should be able to see the "My Portfolio" tab in the top left hand corner of this page (next to the Homepage icon) - if you can't see this, you are not logged in.
Once you have logged in, follow the instructions above, and you will be able to enrol.
Thanks
Cath
TE Team
I am Teacher of Uzbekistan
I glad to inform you that I successfully enrolled to the course. Greetings from Uzbekistan
Course time
Hi sulabha
The course begins on 11 January 2022 and lasts for four weeks. You can enrol any time up until 31 January 2022. Remember this is a self-access course, so you can complete the activities at a time that is convenient for you.
Cath
TE Team
How I can visit this course
How I can visit this course web site and how can I enroll
Enrolling on the course
Hi Dilfuza,
Please follow the 6 steps above to enrol in the course. You need to create an account and then make sure you are logged in. Then go to the courses homepage, (click on the tab "My Portfolio" and then "My courses"), then click on the Home tab in the top left hand corner. You can then see two tabs "Your week ahead", "Your learning" and, to the right, a green tab "Explore all courses". If you click there, you should see all the available courses. Then you can click on "Enrol in activity".
If you are still have problems, please can you report them using the orange "Help" button in the bottom right hand corner of the screen?
Hope that helps!
Cath
TE Team
Course
Hi
Please follow the 6 steps above to enrol in the course. You need to create an account and then make sure you are logged in. Then go to the courses homepage, (click on the tab "My Portfolio" and then "My courses"), then click on the Home tab in the top left hand corner. You can then see two tabs "Your week ahead", "Your learning" and, to the right, a green tab "Explore all courses". If you click there, you should see all the available courses. Then you can click on "Enrol in activity".
If you are still have problems, please can you report them using the orange "Help" button in the bottom right hand corner of the screen?
Hope that helps!
Cath
TE Team
Hello,
I followed sthe instructions mentioned above but I can not find the enroll button.
Maybe a screenshot could help ?
Thanks,
Naomi