Teaching Oral English / Donn Byrne

Contents
1. Language learning in the classroom
The task of the language teacher
The role of the teacher
The learners
The needs of learners
The nature and role of the syllabus

2. Oral communication
The nature of oral communication
Pedagogical implications
Intelligibility
Oral ability and motivation
Oral ability through integrated skills

3. Listening comprehension
Listening in the mother tongue
The situation of the learner
The purpose and nature of the listening comprehension programme
Activities and procedures
Authentic or non-authentic material?
etc

4. The presentation stage
The presentation of new material
What type of text: dialogue or passage?
Presenting prose passage
Alternative procedures at the presentation stage

5. The practice stage (1): the use of drills
The needs of learners
Reading aloud as a practice technique
Mechanical drills
Meaningful practice

6. The practice stage(2): The use of texts
The text as a context for language practice
Exploiting text for oral practices

7. From practice to production
Transition
Examples of pair-work activities

8. The production stage
The needs of the learners
Group work
Preparing for and organizing discussion
The function of visual aids at the production stage
Additional ways of stimulating discussion
Problem-solving activities

9. Games
The role of games
Accuracy-focused games
Fluency focused games
Board games
Drama
The scope of drama in the language classroom
Mime Role play
Simulation

10. Integrated skills
The importance of integrating skills
An integrated skills sequence
Activities
Project work