Presenting New Language Orally
Erik Satie · Gymnopédie No.1 - Satie Speaking is perhaps the most demanding skill for the teacher to teach. In their own language children are able to express emotions, communicate intentions and reactions, explore the language and make fun of it, so they expect to be able to do the same in English. If you want your pupils to continue thinking about English simply as a means of communication, then you cannot expect to be able to predict what language the children will you use. You’ll also find that the children will often naturally insert their native language when they can’t find the words in English, and we cannot decide what they will say or want to say. However, when pupils are working on free oral activities, we are trying to get them to say what they want to say, to express themselves and their own personalities. When children start learning English, they obviously need to be given language before they can produce it themselves. Language has to ...