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
Technical issues
Hi Erick
If you are enrolled but having some technical issues, please contact the technical team by using the orange "Help" button in the bottom right of the screen to report this problem - they should be able to resolve the issue.
Thanks,
Cath
TE Team
Enrolling on the course
Hi Auroraacademy
Have you followed the steps 1-4 above to create an account? If so, you should see the "My Portfolio" tab at the top of this page. You can click on that, and then "My courses" - this will take you to the courses homepage. From there, you can click on "Explore all courses" and then click to register for the courses that you want to do.
Hope that helps,
Cath
TE Team
I'm enrolled this course "How
I'm enrolled this course "How to reach speaking' but I have no access on it's moduls
Getting technical help
Hi Teona
If you are enrolled but can't access the course modules, please use the orange "Help" button on the bottom-right of the course page to report this.
Thanks,
Cath
TE Team
Asynchrone courses?
Hi there,
I would be interested to attend/watch some of the courses on your platform. However, I don't use Facebook and cannot always join the live events because I am working at these particular hours.
Is it possible to watch the different courses in an asynchrone way?
Thanks!
Course content
Hi bachofnerp,
Yes, you don't have to join the Facebook Live events (in fact, these are "extra" to the course content, and are available to watch later too). If you enrol on a course, you can follow the content at your own pace, when it's convenient for you.
Thanks,
Cath
TE Team
No enroll button
Hi
I created an account, visited the course website and the only course available on there is the Teaching pronunciation course, but not the Teaching speaking course. It says that we can enroll by 31st January, but there no enroll an activity button and the course is not listed. How do I enroll please?
Technical help
Hi beti_mkd
If you are on the course website and can't see the courses in the "Explore all courses" tab, can you contact the technical team to report this? Click on the orange "Help" button on the bottom right-hand corner of the page - they should be able to help resolve this issue.
Thanks,
Cath
TE Team
Sorry but i didn't find how
Sorry but i didn't find how to enroll the course
Enrolling on the course
Hello Asma Skhiri
You need to follow steps 1-4 above. Once you have created an account and logged on, you will see the "My Portfolio" tab at the top of this page in the menu bar. Click on this and then "My Courses". This will take you to the courses homepage. There you can click on "Explore all courses", where you will see all the courses that are currently available and you can click on the ones you want to register for.
Hope that helps,
Cath
TE Team
Certificate
I have finished 3 modules of this course but certificate is not available. I spent 3 weeks to do this course but no certificate.......
Certificate issue
Hi Yasmin Saeed,
Please use the orange "Help" button on the bottom right hand side of the coursepage to report this issue - they should be able to help resolve it so you can get your certificate.
Thanks,
Cath
TE Team
How can I study the course?
Course content
Hi Ashin Aloka
The course has already started, but you are free to follow it at your own pace (until 7th February). If you are logged in and enrolled in the course, you can either click on the "Your week ahead" tab or the "Your learning" tab to see what you still have to complete. Then click the Start button for the module you are working on. If you can see "Module 1" you just need to scroll down the page to access the activities and click on "Start task"
Hope you enjoy the course,
Cath
TE Team
I would like to perform my
I would like to perform my teaching methodes
certificate
I have completed the course and got 80% but there is no available certificate to be downloaded in My award. What should I do to get my certificate? Will there be any information about the course duration (hours, days, weeks, credits (ECTS))? Thanks.
Certificate
Hi Nickoleg629
For questions about issues with certificates, can you contact the technical team - you can do this through the orange "Help" button in the bottom right corner of the page.
Thanks,
Cath
TE Team
How to teach speaking
Good job, some of techniques are interested me, I think, teachers can use it in practice
Posting on the course
Hi Arkuna
You should work through the activities on the course page - all activities will be saved and shown in your course progress.
You don't need to post here - in fact, the best place to interact with other participants is on the Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/howtoteachspeaking
Hope that helps,
Cath
TE Team
I'm not able to enroll
I can't enroll in this course. I follow all the steps and instructions. Whenever I click on explore all cources, I'll find only the course of how to teach prononciation available. Could you help me please ?
Enrolling on the course
Hello Wissal.B
Sorry to hear that you are having problems with enrolling, even though you are logged in and on the "Explore all courses" page. You need to report this to the technical team. You can do that by clicking on the orange "Help" button on the bottom right hand side of the course page.
I hope they will be able to resolve your issue.
Cath
TE Team
speaking is a problem for kids
There is a silent period in speaking especially when teaching kids.Sometimes you switch on the songs,play,role-play and there are children who are not interested i this and have a lot of affairs,shy.They prefer not to play and just watch other pupils dance,sing.Sometimes I feel that it's not interesting at all.I have got 1 pupil from 9.I don't know how to engage him in speaking,singing,reading.He just listens to me.In everyday life he is very active and noisy.In what way can I make him /envolve in classroom activity??
Speaking and young learners
Hi Agustyna37
This might be an interesting topic to post in the Teaching Speaking Facebook group - you can find a link to it here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/howtoteachspeaking
Cath
TE Team
English speaking
I have already signed in and gotten into the course page, but I can not see the "enroll " key.
Enrolling on the course
Hi sreekala123,
If you are logged in and on the course homepage, you need to click the green tab that says "Explore all courses" - you will find all of the available courses there. You just need to click where it says "Enrol in activity".
Hope that helps!
Cath
TE Team
Course help
Hi sabreen saleh
Sorry to hear that you are having problems with your progress being recorded. Can you report this to the course technical team? You need to contact them by using the orange "Help" button on the bottom right hand corner of the courses page.
Thanks,
Cath
TE Team
Impossible to enrol
Hi!
I've created a new account with the belief that maybe there was a problem with the old one, and the problem persists. I see that there are many people with the same problem. Maybe there's something wrong with the site, could that be possible?
Thanks for everything you share and all the priceless opportunities you give to us in terms of professional development and teaching ideas!
Enrolling on the course
Hi deltamodule1
Thanks for your feedback and sorry to hear that you are having problems with enrolling on the course. We are constantly checking to ensure that the course page and enrolment process are working correctly. Can you give some more details about where you are having problems? Have you logged in successfully? Have you opened the courses homepage? If you can tell us what specific problem you are having, we should be able to resolve it.
Thanks,
Cath
TE Team
Enrolling on the course
Hi Bakhitogreba,
To enrol, you need to follow steps 1-4 above. If you have created an account, make sure you are logged in. Then you will see a tab next to the Home button on the top of this page that says "My Portfolio" - if you click on this and then "My courses", this will take you to the courses homepage. From here you can click on "Explore all courses" (a green tab on the right) - you will be able to see all the available courses, and can click on "Enrol in activity" for the courses that interest you.
Hope that helps,
Cath
TE Team
I can`t enrol
Dear community, I really interested in this course but I can`t found the "ENROL IN ACTIVITY BUTTON". Could you help me please?.
Best regards!
Enrolling on the course
Hi Roxana,
To enrol, you need to follow steps 1-4 above. If you have created an account, make sure you are logged in. Then you will see a tab next to the Home button on the top of this page that says "My Portfolio" - if you click on this and then "My courses", this will take you to the courses homepage. From here you can click on "Explore all courses" (a green tab on the right) - you will be able to see all the available courses, and can click on "Enrol in activity" for the courses that interest you.
Hope that helps,
Cath
TE Team
Please, I can't enroll, I am
Please, I can't enroll, I am hooked on the third step.
Enrolling on the course
Hi adedayo
If you have created an account, make sure you are logged in. Then you will see a tab next to the Home button on the top of this page that says "My Portfolio" - if you click on this and then "My courses", this will take you to the courses homepage. From here you can click on "Explore all courses" (a green tab on the right) - you will be able to see all the available courses, and can click on "Enrol in activity" for the courses that interest you.
Hope that helps,
Cath
TE Team
I look forward learning more
I look forward learning more and more new ideas from the course
How to teach speaking
I cann't access my introduction.How can I do?
Enrolling on the course
Hello May
Are you enrolled on the course? You need to follow steps 1-4 above. Then you can go to "My Portfolio" at the top of this page, and access the course homepage. If you are on the courses page and you cannot access the course content, please use the orange "Help" button in the bottom right hand corner of the page.
Hope that helps
Cath
TE Team
I can't join the course
I do all the steps
But i can't join the course i need? Any help?
How enrolling to the course
Enrolling on the course
Hi Ss samah,
If you have followed the steps then you should have an account and be logged in. You just need to go to the courses homepage, then click on "Explore all courses" (the green tab on the right). There you can see all the available courses and just click on "Enrol in activity" for the courses you are interested in.
Thanks
Cath
TE Team
Thanks for this course
Hello!
Thank you fro joining this webiner and this course.Although I am not an English teacher, I am interested in learning English.
With regards,
Zin
teaching pathways
Hi
Despite trying multiple times, I can't access to your main course outline.
please advise
Course access
Hello Kiran
Have you created an account? You need to follow steps 1-4 above in order to enrol in and access the course. Can you give us some more details about which step you are having problems with?
Thanks,
Cath
TE Team
My results of Unit 1 were not registered.
I successfully finished Unit 1 (course: Teaching pathways: How to teach speaking), but when I return to this page, there is no register of my results in Unit 1. It says, it is in progress. I click again and a another window opens and wants me to do Unit 1 again. Can you help me, please?
Reporting technical issues
Hi JenyDiaz
Can you report this to the technical team on the courses page? You need to click the orange "Help" button that appears at the bottom right hand side of the screen.
Thanks
Cath
TE Team
I have been following the videos, but I have not been able to participate in the activities. Why is that?