Approaches in

teaching listening
and speaking.
The Natural Approaches
(subconcious learning > direct
classroom)
1. Comprehensible input.
- learn sth slighty above student's level.
2. Low affective filter.
-Relaxing environment, low anxiety.
-Supportive and warm classroom.
3. The monitor.
-Need to be balanced out (accuracy vs
fluency)
4. Meaningful communication.
-enters long-term memory
-relatable (authentic)

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1. Setting up
-situation appropriate to the age level.
Eg: making salad, drawing pictures,
building legos
2. Demonstration
-teacher demonstrates
-students pay attention
3. Group live action
-acts out by commands given
-repeated before oral production
4. Written copy
Input are written on the board for
students to copy.
5. Oral repition and question
-Repeat each lines after the theacer
-Questions are allowed on language
6. Demonstration by the students
-Students are given the chance to
perform.
-Teacher checks on comprehension and
prompt as needed.
7. Pairwork
-Group of 2 or 3
-One command, one do action

Crown's
Effective
Group
Discussion
Activities
Pair talk
Carousel
Pairs to
four
Listening
triads
Envoys
Snowball
Rainbow
groups
Jigsaw
For
participation,
recall lesson
In sections, each
will have one
section and collect
together.
Once a pair
discussed,
give colour
and then
gather
From one pair, ideas
gathered and
doubled until 8, and
form a debated with
another 8
Once discussed,
envoy move to
other and explain.
Group of 3, talker
and questioner
talks, recorder
records.
In pairs, join
another and
share ideas
Inner and outer,
engage together

Giving feedback
Rotate
students
feedback
(Rotate group
interest for
feedback each
time)
Comment >
Correct
(Feedback as hints,
students correct by
themselves.)
Keep in suspense
(Hold the final
evaluation, let
students fix based
on feedback.)
Feedback note-
taking
(make the students
to write the
feedback given so
they will learn)
Reciprocal
feedback
(Let the students
give their
feedbacks to you)
Focus on one skill
(greater impact
and less defeating
on one concern >
many)


















Activity 1: Act it out
(helps students what to do in different
situations).
Students divided in groups with different
situation cards.
Teacher decides before, during or after for
each sitation.
Students will try to make sense, where
else they can listen to this conversation,
where they could speak as acted out, etc
Eg: Mary throwing a block, knocked over
a cartoon of milk, no towel in bathroom.
Activity 2: People I talk to, People I
listen to
(Opportunity for the pupils to discuss)
Show pictures of [police, nurse,
fireman...]
Ask when do we talk to [police],
where and why?
Repeat with different occupations



















Applying TPR in ESL
Listening and
Speaking Classroom
Fun learning style,
involves in
movements.
Flexible
Hassle-free
preparation.
Live up the mood in the
classroom and make the
students active.
Suitable for young
learners.
Materials are not
necessarily needed, only
need competency and
rehearsal
Works well with
classroom with
mixed-abilities
students