1. A Applying the New Curriculum in Classroom
School Education Quality Improvement Pprogram (SEQI 2) برنامج تحسين جودة التعليم في المدارس
A Applying the New Curriculum in Classroom
Integrated Training Program
for English Language Master Trainers for MTs
Kuwait City
December, 2017

2. DAY 3. Oral communication
Designing effective teaching, learning, and assessment activities for developing speaking skills
December ,Kuwait

3. By the end of the day, the participants will be able to:
Discuss the key element to designing an active learning speaking activity
Discuss factors to consider in designing a speaking activity
Analyze an oral communication lesson in the textbook of English language for a certain grade by clear criteria and make the necessary planning adjustments.
Suggest different solutions for developing and assessing an oral communication competence for that specific grade.
Objectives of Day 3

4. The new traffic law 30 min

5. When planning a speaking activity, the most important thing your plan must do is create a ………..?
NEED TO COMMUNICATE
What stage is this in our active learning process?

6. What are the steps of Active Learning. ( from the previous ex
What are the steps of Active Learning ?( from the previous ex.) In language learning, the most important thing about active learning is it motivates the students to actually……?
analyze 5 min

7. Oral Communication Assignment 2: 10 minutes
CRITERIA
Analyze an oral communication lesson in an English language textbook. Use the following criteria:
Is the structure of the lesson clear?
Is the lesson related to the specific competence that should be developed?
Are the students asked to experience and exercise real oral communication?
How many students are actively involved in the lesson at any one time?
What kind of resources/stimuli could be used in this lesson? Are they varied?
6th Grade
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Page 33
Oral Communication Assignment 2: 10 minutes
Analyze one of these

8. Oral Communication Assignment 3 : 15 minutes
Take the same specific competence and create your own speaking activity Write your plan out

9. In your activity, why do students need to communicate?
Why do students want to communicate?
Assignment 3 15 minutes

10. Oral Communication Discussion
What should we consider when planning a speaking activity?
Hint :
Think Active Learning

11. Oral Communication Discussion
What specific competence and standard are you serving?
What do you actually want them to say to each other?
What makes the communication REAL?
Classroom Management
Structural support/reference
Oral Communication Discussion

12. Assignment 4 15 Minutes Types of Oral Activities : ASSIGNMENT
Narrative presentation
Informative presentation
Simple interactions
Discussions/conversations
Brainstorming
ASSIGNMENT
Come up with one example for each type of an oral activity
( we have 5 groups , each group will be assigned to do one type )
When you are working on this task, consider:
1) Motivation: How is it entertaining? Interesting? Fun? Does it Create a Real Learning Situation ?
2) How is it inclusive? How do you get a lot of students involved? How do you monitor their work?
3) Remember the elements of Active Learning we previously discussed
Assignment Minutes

13. Oral Communication Assessment
What is the first question you need to ask yourself before planning an assessment for an activity?
Assessing Teaching and Learning
Not Marking
Oral Communication Assessment
Do I need to assess ?

14. Oral Communication Assessment
Give me some examples of ways you use formative assessment with out recording or documentation
(and may be spontaneous)
Oral Communication Assessment

15. Oral Communication Assessment
What are factors we should consider in assessing a speaking activity?
Oral Communication Assessment

16. Oral Communication Assessment (There are many others)
1. What is the purpose of the activity?
2. Is my assessment specific and targeted to identify what I want the students to learn?
3. What does success look like? If this is the first time you have done a debate, then success is very different than if it was your fourth debate.
4. Who do I want to assess? (Don’t need to assess every student)
Oral Communication Assessment (There are many others)

17. This is a short discussion about active learning and speaking up
This is a short discussion about active learning and speaking up .. It`s to pave the way to the end of session 1

18. Last notion
This is to encourage them to apply active learning ( speaking ) in their classrooms

19. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnnnd……I am DONE