*College teacher, Junior High, and Senior High teacher for almost 6 years.
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*Online English Teacher
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Making students speak more English is not only a matter of "forcing" them to speak. This demands good preparation of proper material and implementation must be progressive and systematic which demands more teacher's workload.
I will reduce my TTT (Teacher Talking Time) in the classroom, by giving simple and clear instructions, by asking one or two students to show (by means of speaking) that they understood the task instructions, and also by asking other students to answer a student's question. Being a teacher of English is different from being a lecturer. 2) Increase STT (Student Talking Time), again, by asking other students to answer a student's question, by showing pictures related to the topic of the class and, without saying a single word, eliciting students' participation.
3) avoiding yes/no questions; prefere those questions that make students speak in order to make themselves clear. 4) Attention to my way of correcting students.
8) Never forget! Participating/speaking is what really matters in this case in question, and when a student participates (answering questions, clarifying, helping other in English, arguing etc) ACCEPT that as something GOOD, despite of being right or wrong, otherwise you take the risk of making my student shier and shier (lack of participation).
Making students speak more English is not only a matter of "forcing" them to speak. This demands good preparation of proper material and implementation must be progressive and systematic which demands more teacher's workload.
I will reduce my TTT (Teacher Talking Time) in the classroom, by giving simple and clear instructions, by asking one or two students to show (by means of speaking) that they understood the task instructions, and also by asking other students to answer a student's question. Being a teacher of English is different from being a lecturer. 2) Increase STT (Student Talking Time), again, by asking other students to answer a student's question, by showing pictures related to the topic of the class and, without saying a single word, eliciting students' participation.
3) avoiding yes/no questions; prefere those questions that make students speak in order to make themselves clear. 4) Attention to my way of correcting students.
8) Never forget! Participating/speaking is what really matters in this case in question, and when a student participates (answering questions, clarifying, helping other in English, arguing etc) ACCEPT that as something GOOD, despite of being right or wrong, otherwise you take the risk of making my student shier and shier (lack of participation).