Chapter 6. Listening & speaking — focus on oral language skills

Chapter 6
Listening & speaking — focus on oral language skills

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Article outline

The importance of oral skills for young language learners
- Listening
- Speaking
Using tasks to promote YLLs’ aural and oral target language skills
- Input-based tasks
- Output-based tasks
  - Interaction and negotiation of meaning
  - Task repetition
  - Pairing learners and their use of a shared first language
Concluding remarks
Additional reading
Preparing for learning and teaching
- The Monster task
  - Student (A): Your Monster
  - Student (B): Guess the Monster
Note