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� Listen and match
Teacher: Provides materials and instructions.
Pupils: Match the materials in right order after listening to the record /
reading materials.
� Listen and tick
Teacher: Tell something new.
Pupils: Tick the true statements after listening to the materials.
� Listen and follow the information
Teacher: Provide instructions to go somewhere else or to do something
else.
Pupils: Follow the instructions after listening.
� Listen and mark
Teacher: Tell stories / read paragraphs.
Pupils: Mark nouns / verbs / fruits / vegetables / clothes, etc. after
listening to the instructions.
� Listen and count
Teacher: Tell stories / read paragraphs.
Pupils: Count numbers of nouns / verbs / fruits / vegetables / clothes, etc.
after listening to the instructions.
� Listen and answer
Teacher: Tell stories / read paragraphs.
Pupils: Answer the questions asked to them after listening to the stories /
paragraphs.
b. Teaching speaking skills
Speaking of a language is vital for communication. It is the speaking skill through
which people express their ideas, opinions, and emotions, reacts to others and
influences them. We need a great deal of practice in order to be able to generate new
sentences that suit our purposes.
The golden rules to be followed for developing speaking skills are:
� Give the child plenty of opportunities to listen to and imitate sounds made in
meaningful contexts:
� Have him/her repeat the speech in similar contexts;
� Stimulate him/her to speak on their own in matters of day-to-day life with some
promptings, where necessary;
� Give encouragement to him/her as s/he speaks so that s/he gets emboldened to
go on speaking;
� Do not interrupt the child in the middle of his/her speech;
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