How To Write Speaking Activities

by Sarah Cunningham

Learners of English are often reluctant to open their mouths and speak, and in turn, teachers around the world worry about trying out speaking activities in their class in case they grind to a halt. Who better then than Sarah Cunningham, co-author of Cutting Edge, to share her experience of writing speaking activities in this eBook. Sarah focuses on setting the students up to succeed. In order to do this, the writer has many things to consider: identifying the purpose of the speaking activity, finding appropriate topics for the target audience, stimulating interest in the topic, providing a reason to communicate, making rubrics clear, providing key language or a model, and avoiding potential problems that could bring the activity to an untimely halt. An Activity Bank doubles up as a reference as you work through the tasks in the eBook, and as a useful list to refer back to when you’re writing your own speaking activities.

83 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 5, 2016

About the author

Sarah Cunningham has worked in ELT for over twenty-five years, originally as a teacher, teacher trainer and Director of Studies. She has worked in Greece, Spain, Hungary, Argentina and the UK, and for the last twenty years she has been involved in writing ELT materials. She is the co-author of Cutting Edge and New Cutting Edge with Peter Moor, as well as a number of titles in the Headway Pronunciation and Making Headway series.