Keeping them speaking in English

[@ildefonsogustavodiazsandov9246]

Thank you so much for sharing

[@tvfreakGabbi]

Love it! Especially the one with the red card and the team idea that you proposed.

[@gulnazsafiullina3703]

Love these ideas ☺

[@elenascarmagnan1713]

Thanks for this video! I teach young learners and I got a few great ideas I really needed!!!

[@yacinebabacine8879]

I really enjoy watching your videos. Very helpful ideas. Thank you very much

[@hk2622]

Thank you

[@viktoriiaserafimova]

Thank you for all your videos!

[@Inglesymente]

Great video, thanks!

[@felipeassuncao8872]

Amazing

[@macolga100]

Your videos make me like teaching again :)

[@elttraining]

Wow - what a lovely thing to say. Thank you. Comments like that make me want to make more videos!! I'm really pleased to be of some help :)

[@macolga100]

elttraining Oh, Jo, please do! You're so inspiring! You have a great way of picking important things and making them clear and easy ;)

[@alhaj01]

Amazing tips! Another thing you might like , if a student speaks L1 in the class, he/she have to bring something to eat to the hole class. I think it's funny😆😆

[@elttraining]

Nice! In lower level classes, there could end up being a LOT of food in the class!

[@language-n-learning]

Thanks. This will help me with the Trinity Dip TESOL project I'm doing on increasing Student English Talking Time.

[@elttraining]

Great! Glad that it's helpful. If you like this, there's lots more at elt-training.com :) Good luck with the Dip!

[@Vidyarvind26]

The red card idea sounds interesting. However, if there is a person who gets the red card more than once but is not the last person to get the red card (who gets as penalty, extra work to do) then isn't that unfair? I guess the person who gets the most number of red cards should get the penalty of extra workload or preparing a talk/presentation in English for 5 or more min. In a large class that's discussing to prepare for a spoken activity, it could be quite challenging for the teacher to keep track of who is using L1 & how many times during group preparation, to hand red cards and penalty work.

[@elttraining]

All reasonable thoughts- I’m not saying any of these are a panacea and I wouldn’t be getting too serious about the red card idea. Used in a light- hearted way, I think it could be useful but if you’re too rigid about it, I can see it becoming a stick to beat yourself with😀

[@Vidyarvind26]

@@elttraining Coming from India where there are a myriad of L1s among students, getting them to speak in English (esp when they don't consume enough English content outside class) is quite challenging and at some point one does need to get strict (in a serious way) about not using L1 during discussions. Often students keep asking the teacher how to say something (outside the useful vocab & sentences given to them at the start) in English while preparing for speaking activities, but fail to re-use them elsewhere. As there is a proliferation of internet infotainment in all Indian languages, many Indian students often don't consume enough online content in English (due to cultural and linguistic reasons), which is a great stumbling block in developing Eng proficiency in speaking and listening and consequently in writing. They are able to manage reading reasonably well.