How do I get my students to speak?

How to increase the student’s vocalization? - Not only telling but having activity T4- Totally terrific Tips for Teaching (Speaking) Why Games and Activities - Active students are happy students. - Students are concentrating on the activity (not only their hand phones). - Repetition helps students remember and study material. 20 Questions Games 1. Teacher thinks of an item or person. This can be anything. 2. Students ask yes/no questions and the teacher answer honestly. 3. The students then try to guess what the teacher is thinking about. • A good idea is to set a number of questions that must be asked before guessing can start. Guessing something: Ex: You can think about animal Is it wild? Is it big? Etc Think Pair Share 1. Students think about the answer to prompt a question. Any question. 2. We use music to pair students up randomly. 3. We can time their responses. 4. We use the music to pair them up. • This can be tricky and scary at first, but over time this activity can be a lot fun for your students. Don’t give up. Action Verb Circle and Magic Verb Spell 1. Students and teacher in a circle 2. Students start by saying “I jump” with the correct tense, then pick another person. 3. Second person points to the teacher then says “you….”. then pick their own, “I….” then chooses the next one. 4. The third person repeats the above and says ”you….”, He / She ………, I ……..” 5. Cycle repeats until the whole class has gone through the circle in order. • You can vary the game when students make mistakes. • Unlimited tense choices. Magic Verb Spells 1. This is based on Harry Potter. 2. Teacher assigns the student to be Harry Potter, and a student to be Voldermort. (or multiple in bigger classes). (guru menugaskan siswa berperan sebagai Harry Potter, dan siswa lain sebagai Voldemort) 3. Evil sorcerers go around the room placing spells on students. (Penyihr jahat berkeliling / mengelilingi ruangan menyihir siswa lain) 4. For example: using present progressive, “you are dancing!” The student begins to dance. Good sorcerers looked for spelled students and ask,” what are you doing?” the spelled student will and reply,” I am dancing” and the spell will be broken. • It is also used for other tense choices. Picture Prompts Game 1. Teacher cuts out picture for students to use. 2. Students look at them silently for a while and then pair with another students. 3. Teacher then gives a pair prompts, and the students convers with each other. - Say something factual about your picture. - Say something you like / dislike about it, and why. - Say something that it reminds you of. • Activity can be used for comparing and contrasting, describing, expressing opinions, and much more. Taboo Vocab Game 1. Class is divided into two groups. 2. 1 person from each group faces away from the board, everyone else faces the board. 3. Teacher writes a vocabulary word on the board. 4. Students have to use clues to get their team member to guess the correct word first. • It can also be played using celebrities.