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Exclusive Teacher
Training workshop
Kishore Roy
ELT support manager
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Speaking
assessment criteria
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Speaking assessment criteria
Fluency & Coherence
Pronunciation
Lexical resource
Grammatical range & accuracy
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Fluency & Coherence
Speak at length
Organise your ideas
Signpost what you say
Discuss & justify opinions and issues
Without long pauses or continuous hesitation
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Lexical resource
Range & accuracy of vocabulary
Less common vocabulary
Idiomatic expressions
Collocation
Word choice
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Lesson common vocabulary
Today is a very sunny day
sweltering
scorching
boiling
sizzling
blistering
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Lesson common vocabulary
She is a great teacher
guide
instructor
tutor
coach
mentor
guru
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Lesson common vocabulary - movies
People Places/Objects Terminology
- Actors – lead
& supporting
- Producer
- Director
- Editor
- Critics
- Sceenwriter
- Extras
Cinema
Picture house
Box office
Independent
Posters
Billboards
Reviews Special effects/CGI
Popcorn
- Plot
- Genre
- Trailer
- Dubbed
- Subtitles
- Re-make
- Sequel / pre-quel
- Blockbuster
- Casting
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Vocabulary brainstorming
What’s the purpose of this activity?
How can you facilitate this in your classroom?
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Vocabulary brainstorming
Stimulate/Activate vocabulary by topic
Facilitates both memory & contextual usage
Students expand vocab, learn from eachother
Brainstorm regularly, at beginning class
Use mind maps or categories to organise
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Vocab exercise:
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“Hot seat”
1. editor
2. popcorn
3. composer
4. dubbed
5. sequel
6. extra
7. oscars
8. soundtrack
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“Hot seat”
1. hollywood
2. script-writer
3. critic
4. subtitles
5. prequel
6. blockbuster
7. producer
8. trailer
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“Hot seat”
purpose(s) of this activity?
how can you facilitate this in your classroom?
(key steps)
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“Hot seat”
Natural paraphrase practice
Revise/recycle vocabulary
Fun activity
Decide target vocabulary in themes
Use couple lessons after vocab used
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Idiomatic expressions
That doesn’t ring a bell
It’s something to keep an eye out for
It’s difficult to keep my head above water
Listen to authentic sources, eg movies, radio –
learn meaning from context
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www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language
/theenglishwespeak/
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http://esol.britishcouncil.org/activate-your-
vocabulary
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Keep up with current affairs
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Integrated teaching
Vocabulary key factor in all IELTS papers
– so make links between papers
Word families, synonyms, etc
Same for grammar too
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Grammatical range & accuracy
Range of structures
Match tenses to context
Impact of errors
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Range of structures – context
Describe an important event in history
Past tenses
Past simple – India was split up in 1947
Past continuous – The British were losing control slowly
Past perfect – They had tried to separate this before
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Range of structures – context
Describe your favourite film
Present tenses
Present simple – This movie is the biggest ever in India
Present continuous – It’s still running in cinemas now
Present perfect – I’ve seen this film maybe 50 times
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Grammatical range & accuracy
Complex sentences
incl multiple clauses
Just beside the station was a stadium, which
was built in the 19th century, and where games
are now held every weekend
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Grammatical range & accuracy
Complex sentences
Nowadays everyone has a mobile phone
Who? What? Why?
Nowadays people of all ages have a mobile
phone, especially smartphones, as you can do
so many things with them
Balance of simple & complex structures
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http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/grammar
-exercises
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Pronunciation
Accuracy & variety of pronunciation features
words stress
sentence stress
intonation
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Pronunciation
Word stress
mistake democracy photographic
misTAKE deMOcracy photoGRAphic
PHOtograph, phoTOgraphy, photoGRAphic.
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Academic word list
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Pronunciation
Sentence stress
I said she might consider a NEW car
I said she might consider a new CAR
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Pronunciation Sentence stress
I said she might consider a new car. It was my idea.
I SAID she might consider a new car. Don't you
understand me?
I said SHE might consider a new car. Not another
person.
I said she MIGHT consider a new car. It's a possibility.
I said she might CONSIDER a new car. She should
think about it.
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Sounds right!
Itunes app
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What are the biggest
challenges for your
students re IELTS speaking
assessment criteria?
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Speaking priorities
Fluency: speaking at length
LRA, GRA & Pron: range & variety
Flexibility
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IELTS examiners
Recruitment
Standardised
Monitored
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Writing
assessment criteria
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Writing assessment criteria
Task achievement / Task response
Cohesion & Coherence
Lexical resource
Grammatical range & accuracy
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Task Achievement / Task response
Degree to which task completely answered
Sufficient length responses
Task 1 Academic:
All important details included, sufficient detail
Accuracy in data & details
Clear overview of diagram
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Task Achievement / Task response
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Task Achievement / Task response
Task 2 Academic:
Respond fully to all aspects of question
Develop & support your ideas
Clear & consistent opinion
Specialist knowledge isn't expected
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Coherence & Cohesion
Coherence = flow of your writing.
Ideas should be logically sequenced, easy to
follow and understand
Cohesion = linking words that help connect ideas
& show relationship between paragraphs,
sentences or parts of sentences
Key = organisation & linking
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Coherence & Cohesion Plan answer to ensure coherence
Use theme for each paragraph
Wide range of linking devices or approaches eg
referencing or substitution
My friends went to Chile last year. They went to Machu
Picchu. That was the highlight of their tour.
Famous people deserve a private life. But celebrities
also sell newspapers.
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Grammatical range & accuracy
Range of structures
Match tenses to context
Impact of errors
Check your writing
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Grammatical range & accuracy Range of structures might include:
Passive tenses (for Task 1 processes)
Conditionals (if, unless, provided that etc)
Comparisons
Modal verbs
Different ways of talking about the future
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Grammatical range & accuracy
Complex sentences
A. Thank you for your letter which arrived today.
B. Thank you for your letter, which arrived today.
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What are the biggest
challenges for your
students re IELTS writing
assessment criteria?
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Writing priorities
Fully answer all parts/aspects of question
Task 1: Overview
C&C: more variety in way link
LRA: range of vocabulary
GRA: range of structures, esp complex
sentences
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Resources
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LearnEnglish website
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TeachingEnglish website
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Assessment
criteria videos
on youku
(links on
ChinaIELTS)
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IELTS Official Microblog
雅思官方微博
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on Renren 雅思人人网公共主页
（http://page.renren.com/ielts）
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IELTS E-magazine
雅思官方“视野”杂志
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Teaching essentials
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What are your different
roles as a teacher?
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Different roles of teacher
give feedback on errors/areas to improve
support students when they lack confidence
observe all students, especially quiet ones
make interesting lessons
inspire students to learn and improve
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Average band score (Academic)
2011 Country L R W S Overall
China 5.8 5.9 5.2 5.3 5.6
India 6.4 5.6 5.8 6.2 6.1
Thailand 5.9 5.9 5.3 5.7 5.8
South Korea 6.2 6.1 5.4 5.7 5.9
Hong Kong 6.7 6.4 5.9 6.2 6.4
Philippines 7 6.6 6.2 6.8 6.7
Vietnam 5.9 6.1 5.6 5.7 5.9
Malaysia 7.2 7 6.2 6.6 6.9
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What are the key
characteristics of good
language learners?
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Characteristics of good
language learners
good listeners
willing too experiment & take risks
think about how to learn
seek/accept feedback on how to improve
learn from mistakes
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Teaching speaking
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What is fluency?
Ability to communicate
Express self freely and effectively
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What most effective way to
enhance fluency?
Need tools – ie language
Speaking practice
Develop confidence
Key principle: speak English in class
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Activities that promote
fluency
free discussions
role-plays
pair-work
group-work
task-based learning
Key principle: speak English in class
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What makes successful
fluency practice?
As many students as possible say as much as
possible
Students are motivated, attentive
Language is used in a variety of ways eg
signposting, expanding point, etc
Key principle: speak English in class
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What makes successful
fluency practice?
Organize discussion groups into 2-8 participants
If sitting in rows, turn around and join those behind
Teachers roam, monitor, encourage, assessing,
noting
Key principle: speak English in class
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Teaching speaking:
3 replies
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Teaching speaking:
Range of tenses
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Teaching speaking:
Different approaches
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Teaching speaking:
Extending answers
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Teaching speaking:
Spot the mistake
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Teaching speaking:
Qualities
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Teaching writing
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Teaching writing:
POWER writing
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Essay writing process?
Plan
Organise
Write
Evaluate
Revise
POWER writing
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Why plan an essay?
Analyse the question & ensure answer fully
Separate tasks of idea generation & writing
Save time when writing, be more efficient
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What’s needed in planning?
Analyse question – identify key requirements
Brainstorm ideas for body / synonyms to use
Decide position
Select/Organise ideas – idea-explain-example
Consider linking and topic sentences
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Different question types Explain the positives &
negatives of this
development
Is this a positive or
negative development?
Discuss both views and
give your opinion.
To what extent do you
agree or disagree?
Must explain both sides
of argument
Can either give both or
support one side only
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The first car appeared on British roads in 1888. By the year
2015 there may be as many as 35 million vehicles on British
roads.
Alternative forms of transport should be encouraged and
international laws introduced to control car ownership and
use.
To what extent do you agree or disagree?
The first car appeared on British roads in 1888. By the year
2015 there may be as many as 35 million vehicles on British
roads.
Alternative forms of transport should be encouraged and
international laws introduced to control car ownership and
use.
To what extent do you agree or disagree?
Analysing a Task 2 question
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The first car appeared on British roads in 1888. By the year
2015 there may be as many as 35 million vehicles on British
roads.
Alternative forms of transport should be encouraged and
international laws introduced to control car ownership and
use.
To what extent do you agree or disagree?
The first car appeared on British roads in 1888. By the year
2015 there may be as many as 35 million vehicles on British
roads.
Alternative forms of transport should be encouraged and
international laws introduced to control car ownership and
use.
To what extent do you agree or disagree?
transportation
types of transportation
vehicle
automobile
promoted
pushed
supported
other
different
substitute
optional
legislation
rules
regulations
regulate
manage
restrict
limit
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The first car appeared on British roads in 1888. By the year
2015 there may be as many as 35 million vehicles on British
roads.
Alternative forms of transport should be encouraged and
international laws introduced to control car ownership and
use.
To what extent do you agree or disagree?
The first car appeared on British roads in 1888. By the year
2015 there may be as many as 35 million vehicles on British
roads.
Alternative forms of transport should be encouraged and
international laws introduced to control car ownership and
use.
To what extent do you agree or disagree?
Should alternative forms of transport be encouraged?
Should international laws control car ownership?
Brainstorm ideas ….
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Agree Disagree
Alternative transport
↑ cars = ↑ pollution / traffic congestion
-unhealthy + inefficient cities
public transport – more efficient + environmentally friendly – eg subway/metro and public bus high use
Control restrict personal freedom + choice
International laws
car + oil industry will strongly object – v. powerful industries so little chance of this
Conclusion
In principle agree -alternative transport possible
-control and international laws difficult
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Organise writing – structure
Introduction
Body: paragraphs 1
Body: paragraphs 2
Alternative forms of transport should be encouraged and
international laws introduced to control car ownership and use.
To what extent do you agree or disagree?
Conclusion
Discuss encouragement
of alternative transport
forms
Discuss value of
international rules
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What’s needed in an intro? Introduce topic (paraphrase question)
Respond to question, make position clear
Summarise approach to essay
Nowadays regulating transportation, particularly with
the effects on our environment, is a widely debated
topic. My feeling is that transport options should be
supported but I will examine both sides of the debate.
I also sense that legislation restricting rights would
be difficult.
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How to structure paragraphs?
Topic sentences
Supporting statement(s)
Examples & evidence
In this sequence, makes coherence
Add linking, also makes cohesion
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What are topic sentences?
Short simple sentence introducing the theme of the
paragraph, usually at beginning of paragraph
Examples:
In my opinion, global warming is the main cause of
the increase in natural disasters.
There are several causes of cultural
misunderstanding.
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Why evaluate an essay?
Review that answered all parts of question
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Why edit & revise an essay?
Look for errors & correct them
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Learning to edit & revise
Inappropriate tense T
Wrong word Ww
Grammar Gr
Punctuation P
Spelling Sp
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Learning to edit & revise
Grammar checklist
Articles
Apostrophes
Uncountable nouns
Present simple third person
Right tense for context
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Teaching writing:
lexis extension
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Teaching writing:
checking prepositions
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Teaching writing:
analyse model answers
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Essay writing process?
Plan & Organise – 5 mins
Write intro – 5 mins
Write body paras – 20 mins
Write conclusion – 5 mins
Edit & Revise – 5 mins
POWER writing
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Thank you!
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