TEACHING SPEAKING
Unit: My
Classroom (4th Graders)
Grammar Point: Is it a book? Yes, it is/ No, it isn’t. (There are also classroom
instructions such as stand up, sit down, open or close your books, be quiet,
look at the board, listen to me, repeat after me, clean the board, write, draw
and point.)
Vocabulary point: Classroom and school objects are the vocabulary. They are pencil, pen,
schoolbag, window, book, ruler, notebook, pencil case, eraser, sharpener,
table, wastebasket, board, door and chair. There are also different school
terms such as teacher, school, clock, crayon, scissors and stapler.
Activity 1: ‘Choose
and Act’ Activity (Class Robot Game)
Aim: In the
initial stage, it is important to teach formulaic language to the students, so
they learn by chunks rather than being put together them word by word. Due to
this activity, the students will listen to their peers while one of their
friends is speaking and then they will understand what they are meaning and
they act the situation. Thus the aim is to make them active. They will
participate in the activity willingly and they have fun while they are
interacting with each other.
Materials: Vocabulary
cards and a box
Procedure: In
order to teach classroom
instructions, the teacher writes different instructions on small vocabulary
cards. These are stand up, sit down, be quiet please, open your books or
notebooks, close your books or notebooks, look at the board or window or door,
listen to me, repeat after me, clean the board, write on the board, draw and
point to the door or window or board.
Firstly, the teacher shows students how to do this activity. S/he chooses a
vocabulary card from the box and reads the instruction and chooses a student.
Then s/he reads the instruction to him or her and the student acts the
situation. For example, in the card it is written that close the door, so the
student that is chosen closes the door. If it is written that open your book
and then the student opens his book. Every time a different student comes to
the front of the class and reads the instruction and chooses one of his friends
to do that. This activity is just like Total Physical Response activity.