If the passage was about Lisa getting a dog for her birthday, you can ask if Lisa received a dog, cat, fish, or horse as a comprehension question. You should ask basic comprehension questions about the material. If your students have difficulty answering true or false questions without being able to refer directly to the passage, multiple choice or fill in the blank exercises may be more appropriate. If you notice a trend in student errors, this could point to a comprehension issue that you will have to review before moving on.įor listening activities students can complete some of the same activities they would for reading exercises. The most important things you can do during speaking activities is listen for correct pronunciation of key vocabulary and make sure that the material students are producing are appropriate for the structure or topic being covered. During speaking exercises it may be difficult to correct students because correcting a student during a class activity brings him negative attention while when students are doing exercises in groups it is impossible to catch everything they say. You can have students practice the pronunciation of new words, provide synonyms for certain vocabulary, and give you translations of target structures to see if students grasp the meaning of certain material.
Most of the comprehension checks for speaking exercises will be done during the initial introduction and practice sections of the lesson. Speaking activities are very important in English classrooms.
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