Introduction
Being faced with a class which won't speak can be very disappointing after all your planning. When there are rows of blank faces or questions that nobody will answer it can be demotivating for the teacher and the students.
Telling the students that talking will help them improve their English doesn't always work. Don't rush to produce new lesson plans and more activities. First try to find out the reasons for their reluctance to speak. There may well be more than one reason and lots of solutions to try out.
Time to think
Have you introduced the topic well enough before students have to speak?
Have you given them time to mentally rehearse what they are going to say?
Have you done a vocabulary task, which gives them the words they will need?
Solutions
Avoid starting off with "Today we're going to talk about X. What do you think?"
With low levels focus on yourself and a third person "character" before sending questions over to them. Give them time to listen, tune-in and absorb.
Plan a lead-in task which focuses on key ideas, words and structures.
Don't rush to ask their opinion too quickly.
Look at other people's opinions on the topic before you ask them theirs.
Give them time to look up words in a dictionary and jot ideas before a debate.
Give them a light-hearted or thought-provoking questionnaire which gets their minds working.
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| | | Glossary | | | demotivating (adj.) | | 使失去动力的 | |
| | | | | | | | | light-hearted (adj.) | | 快乐的和无忧虑的 | |
| | thought-provoking (adj.) | | 激发思想的 | |
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n.词汇；词汇量 (初中英语单词)
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