How to Design Oral English Classroom Activities (I

HOWTODESIGNORALENGLISHCLASSROOMACTIVITIES(PARTI)(7THNOVEMBER2013)OrganizedbyFujianInstituteofEducationALecturebyCherylLeeSingHuiPresentationOutlineWarm-upquestionsPoorspokenEnglish:Issues,Cause&Effect(ICE)CommonmistakesinoralteachingStrategiesforasuccessfuloralclassQ&AWarm-upQuestionsStatesomeoftheproblemsfacedinyourprofessionalexperienceWhatarethereasonsorcausesofpoorperformanceinEnglishlanguageamongstthestudents?BeijingseekstolowerEnglishscoresin‘gaokao’.Isthisapositivestep?Why?PoorSpokenEnglishIssuesSilenceInactiveReluctanttoparticipateNoresponsetoquestionsRefusetoaskquestionsLackofconfidenceEmbarrassPoorSpokenEnglishCausesBoringMemorizationRecitationTooinstructiveToomanystudentsperclassTextbook-centricOver-emphasisongradesPoorSpokenEnglishEffectUselessMeaninglessDisinterestedResistance“哑巴英语”(muteEnglish)CommonMistakesinOralTeachingExplaininggrammarsUsingvocabularywithoutdirectionIdiomsandexpressionsMemorizeandrecite(rote-learning)ReadingorparaphrasingLackofinteractionOne-studentparticipationMaterialsusedStrategiesforaSuccessfulOralClassLanguageProficiencyGoodunderstandingofthelanguageAccuracyinpronunciationKnowledgeoflinguisticsStrategiesforaSuccessfulOralClassKnowledgeoflinguistics-Humourme-幽默我?-Totrytopleaseorsatisfy(someone)byindulgingtheperson(inwhatmightappeartobesilly,unreasonableorpointless)StrategiesforaSuccessfulOralClassKnowledgeoflinguistics-你好二-Youaretwo/Hellotwo?-Youarebeingsilly/youaresillyStrategiesforaSuccessfulOralClassEffectiveTeachingWell-focusedteachinggoalsandobjectivesDesignyourownteachingstrategiesExploredifferentteachingtechniquesProvideopportunitiesforfeedbacksStrategiesforaSuccessfulOralClassComprehensiveLearningRetainanopenattitudetowardscurrentaffairsandforeignculturesPresentyourviewsBeaknowledgeproviderStrategiesforaSuccessfulOralClassClassroomManagementInitiateandsustainactiveparticipationEngagestudentsinthelearningprocessFlexibilityFosteralevelofcross-culturalunderstandingandcommunicationStrategiesforaSuccessfulOralClassPsychologicalElementsMIE(motivate,initiate,encourage)ImaginationCreativitySensitive&HumourProvidefeedbacksLearningexperience(thespokenlanguagecannottrulybe“taught”)ReferencesBorich,GaryD.1988.EffectiveTeachingMethods.Ohio:MerrillPublishingCompany.Gower,Goger&Walters,Steve.1985.TeachingPracticeHandbook.London:HeinemannEducationalBooks.Huges,Arthur.1989.TestingforLanguageTeachers.Cambridge:CambridgeUniversityPress.Rossner,Richard&Bolitho,Rod.1990.CurrentsofChangeinEnglishLanguageTeaching,Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress.Tchudi,Stephen&Mitchell.1989.DianaMitchell.ExplorationsintheTeachingofEnglish.NewYork:HarperCollinsPublishers.Ma,JunMing,Yi,ErShanandCao,Ruizhen.1989.ArtsofTeachersofEnglish.Beijing:BeijingNormalUniversityPress.ReferencesZhang,Zhengdong.1987.PedagogyofForeignLanguages.Chongqing:ChongqingPress.TeachingSyllabusforCollegeEnglishMajorsatFundamentalPhase.1987.Shanghai:ShanghaiForeignLanguageEducationPress.GerardCounihan.1998.TeachStudentstoInteract,NotJustTalk,TheInternetTESLJournal,Vol.IVJie,Zhou.1999.HowCanaChineseTeacherofEnglishSucceedinOralEnglishClasses,TheInternetTESLJournal,Vol.VYouming,Wang.2012.TeachingofOralCollegeEnglish:DesignandEvaluation,InternationalJournalofEnglishLinguistics,Vol.2