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Getting students Speaking – CO2!

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

As a post-methodist (and not of the religious kind!!) I’m really big on getting students producing language and talking. CO2 is what I call it. Comprehensible Output for 2 people (communication). We all need to give our students more CO2 – forget the oxygen!
In that vein, I’ve promoted extensively both Voicethread and Voxopop. Two [...]

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Getting your students “speaking” – Some Strategies.

Friday, May 8, 2009

It isn’t easy to get students speaking sometimes. But it is well worth it! It is truly the road towards a fluent, confident speaker of English.
I remember when first confronted with a “silent” class. They were really passive and not willing to speak. After lots of trial and error I finally came into class gagged! [...]

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