1. GET READY, GET SET…GO!: HOW TO PROMOTE AND ASSESS ORAL PRODUCTION
Aaron Houts, Pilar Florenz, Nicole Gómez
Eastern Florida State College

2. Presented by Aaron Houts Eastern Florida State College
WRITE YOUR OWN STORY!
Presented by Aaron Houts
Eastern Florida State College

3. The Million-Dollar Question

5. A little help please?

6. Answers?
Version 1
Correct
Informative
Version 2
Complete thought

7. The MILLION DOLLAR ANSWER!
Version 3
Correct
Informative
Tells a story!

8. The answer is in the question!
Call and Response
The answer is in the question!

9. Call and Response …into community!
In English:
Establishes comfort with the exchange process
Develops a sense of community among the classmates
Develops a sense of community between students and instructor
Gives a break from the challenge of the target language

11. Call and response …into communication!
In Target Language In Phrases:
Instructor: Hi.
Student: Hi.
Instructor: How are you?
Student: Well. And you?
Instructor: Well. Thank you.
Nice to meet you.
Student: Same here.
Instructor: See you!
Student: Bye.

12. Call and response …into conversation!
In Target Language In Sentences:
Instructor: What’s your name?
Student: My name is Mike.
Instructor: Where are you from?
Student: I’m from Palm Bay.
Instructor: Where do you work?
Student: I work at Eastern Florida State College.

13. Detective The Search Begins

15. Detective As if I’m not even here
Instructor: Where is Suzie from?
Mike (to Suzie): Where are you from?
Suzie (to Mike): I’m from Palm Bay.
Mike (to the Instructor): She’s from Palm Bay.
Removes the “Sage on the Stage”
Talking about themselves (Suzie)
Asking about others (Mike)
Talking about others (Mike)

16. Journalist Be willing to ask the hard questions!

18. Journalist Let’s get to the bottom of this!
Instructor: Where are you from?
Mike: I’m from Palm Bay.
Suzie: Were you born in Palm Bay?
Mike: No, I was born in Massachusetts.
Niki: Did you grow up there?
Mike: No, I grew up in Memphis.
Pili: Is your family from Memphis?
Mike: My father is from Memphis.

19. Journalist In living COLOR!!!
Instructor: Where are you from?
Mike: I’m from Palm Bay.
I was born in Massachusetts,
but I grew up in Memphis.
That’s where my father is from.
Develops cohesive thoughts
Reinforces relevant vocabulary
Examples: 20 questions, Hot Seat

20. Journalist In the HOT SEAT!!!
Suzie: How old were you when you left Massachusetts?
Mike: I was only a few months old.
Niki: And then did you move to Memphis?
Mike: No, I moved to New York.
Pili: When did you leave New York?
Mike: I left New York when I was about eight years old. …

21. Journalist Tell the story!
Instructor: Where are you from?
Mike: I’m from Palm Bay.
I was born in Massachusetts,
but left when I was a few months old.
Then I moved to New York.
I lived in New York until I was about eight years old,
but I grew up in Memphis.
That’s where my father is from.

22. Write your own story!