Speaking

‘Sorry’

A short video which explores that most British of words … ‘Sorry’.

How to reply to ‘Thank you’

Here’s a video about how to sound polite in English.

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Conference Preview: Getting them speaking! by David Bradshaw | TESOL Greece Blog

Here’s a link to my guest post on the TESOL Greece blog, about one of my talks in their national conference on 30th – 31st March in Athens. I’m very much looking forward to attending the conference.

http://tesolgreeceblog.org/2013/02/27/conference-preview-getting-them-speaking-by-david-bradshaw/

 

TESOL Greece poster

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Splendid Speaking podcast – ‘Reaching agreement’

Here is a recording from www.splendidspeaking.com which illustrates how to reach agreement in collaborative tasks:

http://www.splendid-speaking.com/learn/podcasts/int8.html

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100th Post

This is my 100th post on this blog, and I feel this is a good occasion to thank all the people who have visited this site and shown interest in what I have published here. I hope you have found it useful.

thank you for your attention

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Why Can’t We All Just Interact? 4 Practical Tips for Encouraging a Quiet Class to Speak

Here is a very useful article which addresses a difficult classroom situation and gives us a series of strategies to resolve it. Sometimes it can be very hard to get students, especially adolescents, to participate in speaking activities. In this article we are given concrete approaches to motivate our students to speak. I hope you find it useful.

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http://busyteacher.org/14769-how-to-encourage-quiet-class-to-speak-tips.html

 

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Getting them speaking!

Here’s the link to the presentation which accompanied my talk at TESOL Madrid yesterday evening. Many thanks to all who attended for your interest and participation – I hope you found it useful.

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BwvhQiYtN7sRblh4ZWoyX1d1ZTg/edit?usp=sharing

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83 FREE Saint Valentine’s Day Worksheets

Love is in the air…

http://busyteacher.org/classroom_activities-vocabulary/holidays_and_celebrations/saint_valentines_day-worksheets/

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5 Keys to Designing and Conducting Effective ESL Speaking Tests

Ideas for the creation of speaking tests to use in class:

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http://busyteacher.org/14579-effective-esl-speaking-tests-5-keys-design.html

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Speaking tasks for advanced learners of English. Use our ‘Get Speaking’ task sheet to practise presentations, discussions and topic vocabulary.

http://www.splendid-speaking.com/products/tasksheet.html