About Workshop
We spend much of our education life learning English yet most of us are unable to speak it. In this course, you will learn techniques to improve your spoken English to be able to carry on conversations with friends and colleagues both home and abroad.
How participants will benefit after the course
• learn good habits to continue developing their spoken English skills
• have better pronunciation and diction
• have more confidence in speaking English
• learn in a comfortable, casual, fun environment
• work in small groups which will give more opportunities for practice
• know and understand the history of English and it's idiosyncrasies
• become more intimate with English culture and practices
Workshop topics to be covered:
I. Introductions, Learning to Learn, Team Selection
A. Introductions
B. Lecture: How we learn
1. Tackling impediments to learning
2. Creating a learning environment
3. Class practices & culture
i. English learning strategies (habits)
ii. Code switching
iii. Welcoming “I don't know”, “I don't understand”
C. Selecting learning groups
D. Application: Reading aloud
E. Game: Charades
II. Team Building
A. Homework review: Reading aloud
B. Lecture: How Language is learned
1. Language development in children
2. Acquisition of grammar
3. How we can try to mimic the same process
C. Application: Reading aloud, verses, famous quotes
D. Game: Charades
III. History of English
A. Homework review: Verse, quotes recital
B. Lecture: Origins of English
C. Application: Something interesting I saw recently... (team discussion)
D. Game: Taboo
IV. British & American English Difference
A. Homework review: Verse, quotes recital
B. Lecture: Pronunciation & Spelling
1. Why different pronunciations
2. Why are words spelled so oddly
C. Application: Something happened on my way here... (team discussion)
D. Game: Taboo
V. Vocabulary & Grammar
A. Homework review: Poem recital
B. Lecture: Basic English, Special English
1. How to acquire new vocabulary
2. How important is grammar in spoken conversations
C. Application: Team reading of plays and selection
VI. Play 1: Dramatic Performance
A. Homework review: Poem recital
B. Lecture: Listening & Speaking, Acting & Reacting
C. Application: Drama rehearsal & performance
VII. Play 2: Dramatic Performance
A. Application: Drama rehearsal
B. Discussion
VIII. Play 2: Dramatic Performance
A. Application: Drama performance
B. Discussion
C. Selection of topics for informative speech
IX. Informative Speech
A. Application: Show & Tell presentation preparation
X. Informative Speech
A. Application: Show & Tell presentation
XI. Group Play
A. Application: Selection, writing, dramatization, rehearsal
XII. Group Play, Closing
A. Application: Performance
B. Discussion: How to continue developing one's English
1. Some interesting statistics about global English
2. Possibilities of English for the individual & Bangladesh
3. English Drama club
4. Alumni club
5. Attending “English day”
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