Teaching speaking

Unit 1 is an introduction to the content of the whole Teaching Speaking series and contains clips from the other 8 programmes in the series.

Unit 2 looks at rapport – the relationship between teachers and their students.

Unit 3 looks at pronunciation, in particular individual sounds.

Unit 4 looks at stress and intonation.

This unit looks at a number of different techniques we can use to help our students with their speaking skills, specifically group work, warmers and controlled practice. In the video you will see teachers in Thailand organising activities, giving instructions and leading controlled practice. John Kay gives advice to focus teachers on these classroom techniques. This unit contains a short video, interactive reflection activities and PDFs with additional activities, answer key and further opportunities for reflection. If you are a teacher trainer and are planning to use the material in a face-to-face context, there is a set of trainer notes for each topic.

Unit 6 looks at a number of different activities we can use to help our students with their speaking skills. 

Unit 7 looks at how we can effectively monitor our students while they are involved in speaking activities. 

Unit 8 looks at different techniques that can be used to give teacher-led and student-led feedback following a speaking activity.

Unit 9 looks at how we can help learners improve their fluency to become effective communicators of English.