Speaking tips & practice

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1,2

ENGLISH SPEAKING

Practice

MAIN GOAL

All of you speak English!

FIRST

Form pairs!

SPEAKING

Lesson goals

• You're going to practice speaking English.
• You'll learn different ways to indicate that you don't understand the question.
  
• You will learn to ask for clarification.
• You'll learn filler words/phrases.

IMPORTANT while speaking

• The other person must understand what you're saying.
• Use the right words.
• Speak intelligibly.
• Use the correct forms (tenses, conjugations etc.).

USING THE RIGHT WORDS...

Use the right words, it matters...

English speaking proficiency

• Different for everyone!
• One is more fluent, the other one finds it difficult 🤷🏻‍♂️

What follows are some tips to help you start a conversation.

If you use these, you're already working on your speaking skills! 💪🏻

Controversial Debate

Why do you think learning to debate controversial topics is important?

controversial topics

NEXT: CHOOSE QUICKLY

Don't think too long, go with your gut!

I AM

Pro guns

Anti-guns

You should be able to use chatGPT
for school assignments

agree

disagree

The Earth is flat

agree

disagree

Eating animals is wrong

Yes

No

All drugs should be legal

Yes

No

You should be allowed to vote
from age 16.

agree

disagree

I believe in a God

Yes

No

Aliens exist

Yes

No

What's more important about a job?

Make lots of money

Love what you do

Which of these topics do you feel most strongly about?

PAIR UP

Now you speak!

• Take the topic you feel strongly about.
• For at least 1 minute, you will argue your opinion to your partner.
• Use starters, fillers, and linking words (because, therefore, since, as, like etc.).
• Use full sentences.
• After 1 minute: your partner will reply whether he/she agrees and why.
  
  
• Done? Switch roles and repeat.