Planning, Assessing and Evaluating Oral Activities and Oral Coursework

 

What is "speaking"? Why teach speaking and when and how? How to evaluate speaking? If you have questions, we can help. Keep reading.

The models and activities presented are tried-and-true, highly effective, student-centred and teacher-friendly, and also appropriate for and/or have been used in Cambridge and IB programmes. For EFL language teachers and teachers in E2L, E1L and bilingual Language, Literature and Lang&Lit programmes. Although these sessions are delivered in English, the Philosophy and Practice is appropriate for use in other language classes. 

Off-the-shelf sessions available include :

• Developing and Implementing a PK - 12 Speaking Programme
• The place and role of Speaking
• What, when, why and how
• Assessing (formative) and Evaluating (summative) oral performance
• Implementing and Using Cambridge ESL Speaking Descriptors
• Quick and Easy Oral Assessment
• Individual Oral Presentations - what, how and when
• Individual Oral Presentations - evaluation*
• The five Feaures of Voice, delivery of an Oral Presentation
• Not just for Individual presentations, but also for any oral interaction
• Groupwork - what, when and how
• Groupwork - evaluation*
• Discussion skills - developing, assesing and evaluating
• Not just for Groupwork, also for Pairwork
• Interpersonal Skills
• Effective discussion skills - useful language
• Not just for Groupwork, also for Pairwork
• Pairwork - what. when and how
• Pairwork - advanced activities
• Pairwork - interviewing
• Pairwork - evaluation*

These single-topic sessions are available as stand-alone or as "mix and match". Ask us about coaching, and programme design and implementation support. Sessions marked * have additional follow-up evaluation training sesions available using model descriptors and audio/video recordings.

Speaking programmes should parallel Writing programmes. Ask us about our Writing Philosophy and Practice support.

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• These are one-hour online video-conferencing sessions; an in-person, face-to-face option is also available. A C1 or higher level of English is assumed.

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