1. Welcomes to RELO Andes Webinars

2. Low-prep, fun, speaking activities
Sara Hendricks

3. Sara Hendricks is currently an
English Language Fellow living in Puebla,
Mexico and teaching at a bilingual
technical university. She enjoys teaching
beginning English and has taught for 15
years in various countries, such as,
Ecuador, South Korea, China, Japan and
the USA. She received her Masters
Degree in TESOL.

4. Get Students Talking!
Low-prep, fun,
speaking activities.

5. Poll #1: What age are
your students?
A) Elementary School
B) Middle School
C) High School
D) University or Adult

6. These activities are for
▷Students of any age
▷Students of any level
▷Classrooms with minimal resources
▷Busy Teachers

7. - Increase student talk time.
-Allow students of different levels
to challenge themselves.
-Review old material and preview
upcoming material.
-Have fun and enjoy studying
English.
Goals of these activities:

8. TYPES OF SPEAKING ACTIVITIES
ParticipationDrills Performance
Differences: Skills
Time
Creativity

9. Poll #2: What percent of
class is spent on speaking
activities?
A) 0-15%
B) 15-30%
C) 30 - 45%
D) 45% or more

10. 1.
Jazz Chants
Drill

11. JAZZ Chant
http://www.onestopenglish.com/skills/listening/jazz-chants/mp3-files-and-recording-scripts/

12. These are my blue jeans
That's my shirt.
This red shirt? No, that brown shirt.
Those are my shoes.
These brown shoes? No, those black shoes.
This is my jacket.
That green jacket? No, this blue jacket.
That's my t-shirt.
This white t-shirt? No, that red t-shirt.
These are my jeans.
Those black jeans? No, these blue jeans.
Those are my shorts.
These green shorts? No, those white shorts.

13. 2.
Audio Lingual
Drill

14. Possessive
Adjectives
Write on the board:
I do my homework.
Say:
He
She
They
We
You
Write on the board:
I need to buy ____ apple.
Some / a / an
Say:
Banana
Ground Beef
Food
Bag of potatoes
Chicken
Box of cereal
Count and
Noncount Nouns

15. 3. Information Gap
Participation

16. https://bogglesworldesl.com/information_gap.htm

17. 4. Jigsaw
Participation

18. ▷STEP ONE
○Make groups of 4 to 6 students.
▷STEP TWO
○Divide the day’s lesson into segments. For example, USA holidays,
(1) Halloween, (2) Christmas, (3) 4th of July, (4) Thanksgiving, and (5) New
Years Day.
▷STEP THREE
○Assign each group to research or study that topic. Give them time to
think, read, ask each other questions, and practice teaching their topic.
▷STEP FOUR
○Count off in each group by however many people are in that group. Then
make new groups, all the 1s together, 2s together, etc.
▷STEP FIVE
○Now each group has an expert about each holiday. The students now
teach their group and learn from their group about all of the topics.
▷STEP SIX
○Follow up.

19. 5. Role Plays and
Presentations
Performance

20. 1. Teach presentation skills
2. Allow students to practice multiple times in front
of multiple audiences
3. Avoid of audience fatigue

21. 6. General Tips

22. ▷Before you start an activity, let them talk to each other and
ask questions to make sure they understand.
▷Always model or write phrases on the board like,
OK, let’s start, I'll go first, It's your turn, What should I
do?, Yes, that's right, Wait, let’s ask another group,
I’m confused, let’s ask the teacher.
▷Be prepared for your classroom to be loud and look like it’s
out of control.
▷Always be walking around, observing, listening, and
helping.
▷Always set a timer, and then stick to it.

23. Poll #3: What is one activity
we discussed today that you
will use in your next class?
A) Jazz Chants
B) Audio Lingual Method
C) Information Gap
D) Jigsaw

24. Thanks!
Any questions?
saraannhendricks@gmail.com

25. fellow@elprograms.org
@ELPrograms
For more information

27. Thanks for joining us!
Check us out next month
▫ Presenter: Christine Esche
▫ Location: Panama City, Panama
▫ Topic: Project-Based Learning
▫ Date: July 19, 2018
▫ Time: 1500-1600