TEACHİNG SPEAKİNG: AWARENESS- RAİSİNG ACTİVİTİES

There are things learners can’t easily do, such as retrieving words at speed or achieving long, pause-free runs. This is because they lack certain skills. Subsequent article will look more closely at how learners can become more skilful. But there are also things learners don’t know, such as what to say in order to signal a change of topic or how to respond appropriately to a difficult request, and this also inhibits their fluency. In these cases, they lack the knowledge. This article looks at ways of helping them uncover these gaps in their knowledge.