1. Cultivating student speaking time in any classroom
SDC 2014
Vaishnavah Sookrajh

2. Contents About me Goals Introduction –Definition
Importance of Warm-up activities
Near Peer role modeling
Needs analysis
Problems
Games

3. My Background My name is Vaish Sookrajh I am from South Africa
South Africa has eleven official languages
I used to work at University
Kadena Senior High and Mirai Tech Senior High

4. Goals Understand the importance of student speaking time (SST)
How to create an environment for SST in the Classroom
Running through some games and activities which involve SST.

5. Introduction-Definition
Student Talking Time or Student Speaking Time is defined as ‘the time learners spend talking rather than the teacher. It can be compared with Teacher Talking Time…’
(British Council, 2014)

6. Literature Review
According to Folse (2006), one key factor in a speaking course is that students should be doing the majority of the speaking throughout the class.
Bandura (1997a) suggests “seeing or visualizing people similar to oneself perform successfully typically raises efficacy beliefs in observers that they themselves possess the capabilities to master comparable activities”

7. Literature Review
Near peer role models (NPRMs, Murphey, 1995, l996a, 1998) are peers who are close to one’s social, professional, and/or age level, and whom one may respect and admire
The advantages of peer-modeling are also discussed by Watson (1993). He discovered that his 11-year old son was a helpful assistant and peer tutor in his English class of 9- or 10-year old students at a Chinese elementary school. The Chinese students felt more comfortable imitating his son. He concludes that children imitate peers instead of adults or teachers when they are immersed in a new language.

8. Benefits of STT (In & Out)
Confidence building
Grammar
Theory into practice
Helps remember rules
Interlize content
Improves listening, reading and writing
Empowerment

9. Needs Analysis (Why STT?)
Fun
Improve pronunciation
Filler activities
Boost confidence
Experiment
Help students with part-time jobs
Improving all round English skills

10. Problems
CommonProblems

11. Problems Classroom dynamics: Number of students Behavior
Broken Air Conditioner
Just came from P.E
Bullying
I am not her friend

12. Problems Groups are working in Japanese only
Groups are not working at all
Cheating
The teacher is not speaking so let’s sleep!!!
Weaker students take longer to answer…

13. Warm Up activities Warm Up activities are very important
Warm Up - Wake Up
Brings everybody to the same place
Sets the mood
Develops routine

14. LET’S TALK

16. SPEED DATING
3 MINUTES

17. YOU HAVE TO TALK FOR 3 MINUTES

18. Start the Date!!! Greet your partner What is your name?
Where do you live?
Who are your friends?
Who is your favorite person?
What is your hobby?
What do you like about Okinawa?
Ask your own questions…

19. Picture Vocabulary

20. Vocabulary Please look at the pictures
Write down all the words you know that describe the picture
Use words you know to try to speak about the picture
Make two sentences describing the pictures

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