Teaching productive skills

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Teaching productive skills Introduction There are four basic skills in any language; receptive skills- reading and listening, and productive skills- speaking and writing. All are equally important and whenever possible we should try to incorporate all of them into our lessons if we want to have a balanced approach. Often we will want to focus more on one particular skill but still bring others in to create an " integrated "skills lesson. In this part I will focus more on productive skills; speaking and writing. While speaking and writing are substantially different in many ways, they both are used for the same purpose- to communicate. In many ways writing is the most neglected skill in the TEFL world " teaching English as a foreign language", as many teachers don't like to see the classroom hours devoted to what is often 'quiet time'. Writing, therefore, is often relegated to homework, which in turn is frequently not done so the skill is never developed. It is true that most students prefer to focus on their speaking skills but this doesn't mean that writing should be ignored. In many ways writing is the more difficult skill, requiring a greater degree of accuracy. When speaking, any misunderstanding can be cleared up' on the spot', whereas this is not possible in writing. Speaking, on the other hand, requires a greater degree of fluency as the speaker will rarely have time to think and plan an answer.

Communication between people is a very complex and ever changing thing Communication between people is a very complex and ever changing thing. But there are generalizations that we can make which have particular relevance for the teaching and learning of languages. When two or more people are communicating with each other, we can be sure they are doing so for one of the following reasons: • They have some communicative purpose • They want to say something • They want to listen to something • They are interested in what is being said. Therefore, if a teacher wishes to introduce a communicative activity to the students, he or she should bring in a number of the mentioned factors. The teacher must create the need and desire, in the students, to communicate. If these factors are not present, it is far less likely that the activity will be the success the teacher had envisaged. If the students don't see the point in doing something, they're far less likely to want to participate.

What is the difference between accuracy and fluency activities? Accuracy activities are concentrated on producing correct language. Such activities are usually controlled to ensure accurate reproduction of language. Fluency activities are concentrated on allowing the student to experiment and be creative with the language. We are less concerned with accuracy and more concerned with the effectiveness and flow of communication.

Speaking activities in the classroom Controlled activities - accuracy based activities. Language is controlled by the teacher. • Drilling: choral and individual listening to and repetition of the teacher's modal of pronunciation. Guided activities – accuracy based but a little more creative and productive. The output is still controlled by the teacher but the exact language isn't. • Model dialogues • Guided role-play Creative communication – fluency based activities. The scenario is usually created by the teacher but the content of the language isn't. • Free role-plays • Discussions • Debates • Simulations • Communication games

Encouraging students to speak: Many students can seem reluctant to speak in the classroom. This can be for a variety of reasons, including: • Lack of confidence • Fear of making mistakes • Peer intimidation • Lack of interest in the topic • Previous learning experience • Cultural reasons. The teacher must try to overcome these hurdles and encourage student interaction. The aim should be to create a comfortable atmosphere, where students are not afraid to speak or make mistakes, and enjoy communicating with the teacher and their fellow students.

Techniques to encourage interaction • Pair-work • Group-work • Plenty of controlled and guided practice before fluency activities • Create a desire and need to communicate • Change classroom dynamics • Careful planning • With certain activities you may need to allow students time to think about what they are going to say

Guidelines for a free/creative speaking activity Before the lesson • Decide on your aims: what you want to do and why. • Try to predict any problems the students might have. • Work out how long the activity will take and tailor to the time available. • Prepare any necessary materials. • Work out your instructions.

During the activity • Try to arouse the students' interest through relating the topic to the students‘ interests and experience. • Leave any structure or vocabulary students may need on the board for reference. • Make sure that students know the aim of the activity by giving clear instruction and checking understanding. • Make sure students have enough time to prepare. • Make the activity more a 'process' rather than a 'product'. • Monitor the activity with no interruption except to provide help and encouragement if necessary. • Evaluate the activity and the students' performance to give feedback. • Wait until after the activity has finished before correcting.

After the activity • Provide feedback • Include how well the class communicated. Focus more on what they were able to do rather than on what they couldn't do. • Sometimes you can record the activity for discussion afterwards. Focus more on the possible improvements rather than the mistakes. • Note down repeated mistakes and group correct it. Individual mistakes are corrected individually.

Writing skills Writing a text has quite a number of differences which separates it from speaking. Not only are there differences in grammar, vocabulary, but also in spelling, layout and punctuation. Despite these differences, many of these factors are as those for speaking, need to be considered and incorporated.

Spelling Incorrect spelling can not only create misunderstandings but also can often be perceived, by the reader, to reflect a lack of education. Spelling in English is very difficult by the fact that many words that are pronounced the same are written differently and some words are written the same but pronounced differently. A single sound in English can be written in many different ways, because it is not a phonetic language. As teachers, we need to drag the students' attention to the different ways of pronouncing the same letters and have them do exercises to discover the rules. Spelling differences between English and American English plus the new kind of 'slang' emerging through the internet and e-mail- don't exactly help either. One of the best ways to help students with spelling is through extensive reading.

Layout and punctuation Once again, this can present the students with major problems if the rules of their first language are significantly different from those of English. In reality (despite the many rules) punctuation is a matter of personal style, but totally incorrect usage can lead to rather awkward and difficult looking pieces of writing. To help students learn different layouts of writing, they need to be exposed to, and be given the chance to practice with many different styles. After completing a piece of written work, they get to check it over for grammar, vocabulary usage as well as punctuation and spelling. As with speaking activities, students will often require planning time for written work.

Creative writing Many of the same principles need to be applied to writing activities as speaking activities. If they have no desire or need to write the result is likely to be somewhat less than spectacular. Creative writing should be encouraged, as it engages the students and the finished work usually provides them with the sense of pride. Typical creative writing tasks may include poetry, story writing and plays. Although most writing in the 'real world' is an individual act, there is nothing to stop the teachers assigning students to work in pairs or groups, particularly for creative writing where the input of ideas from different sources may be helpful if not necessary.