How to Teach Speaking: Fluency, Confidence and Conversation Skills - S01E17

How to Teach Speaking: Fluency, Confidence and Conversation Skills - S01E17Episode DescriptionWhat does it really mean to teach speaking English? Gav and Em explore how conversation lessons can balance fluency, accuracy and confidence while giving learners meaningful opportunities to communicate.They discuss correcting spoken errors without interrupting every sentence, encouraging quieter students, managing dominant speakers and using pair work to increase student talking time. The episode also covers role-plays, functional language, voice recordings, fluency games and the listening skills that keep a conversation going.Support How to English on Ko-fi:https://ko-fi.com/HowToEnglishPodVisit the How to English website:https://howtoenglishpod.wordpress.com/References:Taboos and Issues, Richard MacAndrew and Ron Martínez, Thomson, Heinle.Role Plays for Today: Photocopiable Activities to Get Students Speaking, Jason Anderson, Delta Publishing.Find a speaking partner: https://www.fluentu.com/blog/english/english-speaking-online/Voice recording online app.: https://vocaroo.com/Just a Minute Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2asXQnUvrGcTaboo Game: https://eslgames.com/esl-taboo/Timestamps00:00 – Introduction: What does teaching speaking mean?02:00 – Organic conversation lessons and group dynamics05:00 – Conversation classes and different speaking purposes08:00 – Balancing fluency, accuracy and error correction12:00 – Encouraging quiet students with pair work16:00 – Increasing student talking time and reducing teacher focus19:00 – Role-plays, functional language and lower-level support20:00 – Voice recordings and speaking practice outside class22:00 – Conversation topics, Just a Minute and fluency games24:00 – Thinking-time phrases and showing interest25:00 – Teaching learners how to listen and respond27:00 – Final speaking advice