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BeforeSpeaking ANSWER KEY = 172 Reproducible Pages
ISBN 978-1-891077-54-8
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Speaking BEFORE SPEAKING Answer Key = 172 Reproducible Pages
The core of the 166-Page High-Beginning to High-Intermediate Student Text entitled BEFORE SPEAKING: Activities for Practice & Preparation in Oral Language Skills is its interactive sections. Based on photos, realia, and other stimuli, these activities have many learning objectives: Ask & Give Names of Things; Classify Item Purposes; Describe Objects; Tell Similarities & Differences; Explain Choices; Describe Interiors, Structures, & Scenery; Ask & Follow Directions; Plan Map Routes; Give & Get Info from Notes or Charts; Understand & Use Persuasive Language; Describe Faces, Expressions, & Body Language; Tell About People’s Lives; Tell Past Events & Present Facts; Ask & Answer Questions About the Past, Present, & Future; Make Effective Social Talk, and more. But how are text-users that are listening and speaking in response to the given directives to know if the language they are hearing or using is "correct," let alone optimally effective in the described contexts? They can assist one another, of course, with corrections and other oral editing (suggestions). And they can ask "educated native speakers" their opinions on the efficacy of their language. In addition, a detailed Answer Key that gives not only "correct answers" but also a multitude of possible things to say can also be of great help.
Why a 172-page Answer Key for a 166-page Oral Skills text? There are no “correct” answers for communicative activities in which speakers express themselves. Even so, learners tend to want more feedback on their efforts than a book, instruction, or group interaction can provide. The suggested possible responses to text activities and sample mini-speeches in this Answer Key are the spontaneous input of educated speakers, native and non-native, of all ages and backgrounds. Written at a simplified to naturally sophisticated language level, they will prove useful to participants interested in structure, vocabulary, and phrasing possibilities beyond what they have come up with themselves.
And the content of a comprehensive Answer Key like this one might have other benefits as well. For instance, struggling language learners that lack confidence in their speaking abilities might take a look at relevant sections, becoming familiar with useful structures and vocabulary, before they are called on to participate in small-group and/or whole-class activities. At risk or special education students that need extra help could be provided printed text to look at during activities. And everyone, both teachers and learners, can benefit from comparing their own thoughts, words, and work with those of proficient speakers that were not "under pressure" to perform to meet educational goals. Many Answer Key sections will serve as useful follow-up or beyond-the-text material.
ISBN 978-1-891077-54-8 $26.00 US
(The Student Text that this Answer Key is based on is called BEFORE SPEAKING: Activities for Practice & Preparation in Oral Language Skills [ISBN 978-1-891077-50-0]. Other Oral-Skills Texts have supplementary material with similar purposes, such as the Beginners' BEFORE SPEAKING with PRONUNCIATION PRACTICE Answer Key [ISBN 978-1-934637-27-2])
(Educators and language students that appreciate or can make optimal use of the "Answer-Key Method of Language Improvement" might also take a look at the Answer Keys & Teacher's Guides for Grammar SCENARIOS, Book One-A [ISBN 978-1-934637-35-7] and Book One-B [978-1-9346-37-36-4].)
The core of the 166-Page High-Beginning to High-Intermediate Student Text entitled BEFORE SPEAKING: Activities for Practice & Preparation in Oral Language Skills is its interactive sections. Based on photos, realia, and other stimuli, these activities have many learning objectives: Ask & Give Names of Things; Classify Item Purposes; Describe Objects; Tell Similarities & Differences; Explain Choices; Describe Interiors, Structures, & Scenery; Ask & Follow Directions; Plan Map Routes; Give & Get Info from Notes or Charts; Understand & Use Persuasive Language; Describe Faces, Expressions, & Body Language; Tell About People’s Lives; Tell Past Events & Present Facts; Ask & Answer Questions About the Past, Present, & Future; Make Effective Social Talk, and more. But how are text-users that are listening and speaking in response to the given directives to know if the language they are hearing or using is "correct," let alone optimally effective in the described contexts? They can assist one another, of course, with corrections and other oral editing (suggestions). And they can ask "educated native speakers" their opinions on the efficacy of their language. In addition, a detailed Answer Key that gives not only "correct answers" but also a multitude of possible things to say can also be of great help.
Why a 172-page Answer Key for a 166-page Oral Skills text? There are no “correct” answers for communicative activities in which speakers express themselves. Even so, learners tend to want more feedback on their efforts than a book, instruction, or group interaction can provide. The suggested possible responses to text activities and sample mini-speeches in this Answer Key are the spontaneous input of educated speakers, native and non-native, of all ages and backgrounds. Written at a simplified to naturally sophisticated language level, they will prove useful to participants interested in structure, vocabulary, and phrasing possibilities beyond what they have come up with themselves.
And the content of a comprehensive Answer Key like this one might have other benefits as well. For instance, struggling language learners that lack confidence in their speaking abilities might take a look at relevant sections, becoming familiar with useful structures and vocabulary, before they are called on to participate in small-group and/or whole-class activities. At risk or special education students that need extra help could be provided printed text to look at during activities. And everyone, both teachers and learners, can benefit from comparing their own thoughts, words, and work with those of proficient speakers that were not "under pressure" to perform to meet educational goals. Many Answer Key sections will serve as useful follow-up or beyond-the-text material.
ISBN 978-1-891077-54-8 $26.00 US
(The Student Text that this Answer Key is based on is called BEFORE SPEAKING: Activities for Practice & Preparation in Oral Language Skills [ISBN 978-1-891077-50-0]. Other Oral-Skills Texts have supplementary material with similar purposes, such as the Beginners' BEFORE SPEAKING with PRONUNCIATION PRACTICE Answer Key [ISBN 978-1-934637-27-2])
(Educators and language students that appreciate or can make optimal use of the "Answer-Key Method of Language Improvement" might also take a look at the Answer Keys & Teacher's Guides for Grammar SCENARIOS, Book One-A [ISBN 978-1-934637-35-7] and Book One-B [978-1-9346-37-36-4].)
