Teenagers: Speaking
Getting teenagers to speak English in the ELT classroom.
- Do your teenage students lapse into mother tongue during group or pair activities?
- Are they reluctant to say things in English in front of their peers?
- Do they have few or no opportunities to practise spoken English outside the classroom?
- Do you want them to speak more English in class?
If you have answered ‘yes’ to any of these questions, read on ...
Speaking strategies for teenagers
Teenagers: Speaking: Why teenagers avoid using English
Reasons why teenagers may be reluctant to speak English in class and solutions to help students overcome this problem.
Teenagers: Speaking: How to encourage teenagers to use English
Teenagers often do not feel comfortable using English in the English classroom because they feel self-conscious doing so. Teenagers are very sensitive and a way of helping them deal with this, that I have tried successfully, is to introduce different ‘masks’ for them to hide behind.
Teenagers: Speaking: Dream team
A lesson plan by Gabby Hewitt that allows students to create their own football team.
