Fluency Accuracy

  Before we move on to the planning of a lesson for speaking skills, something that we need to look at first is the idea of the accuracy versus the fluency of speaking. Accuracy relates to the correct usage of grammar and vocabulary, whereas fluency relates to our ability to continue speaking without any interruption. Now, ultimately within a whole ESA lesson or within language learning itself fluency and accuracy are equally important. Within an ESA lesson, however, depending upon which stage we're at in that lesson, then we're either focusing on accuracy or we're focusing on fluency. Remember in the ESA lesson, in the study phase, this is where we're looking at the target language where we're doing our language learning, so it's very important in this stage that we focus on the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Lijia Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Jinzhou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. This unit talks about teaching productive skills and what tools teachers can utilize to best teach these skills as well what obstacles and challenges there can be. Productive skills, which consist of two of the four language learning skills are: speaking and writing. Writing tends to often be the least taught skill but is nevertheless equally as important as the other...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Wanjia Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Huludao Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Speaking and writing are productive skills needed to develop communication ability. Accuracy and fluency are both important to develop in this aspect of learning the target language. The teacher needs to make sure that her lesson creates a purpose or desire for speaking and writing to encourage students to engage in the learning process, as they practice their...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yongling Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Fushun Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. People communicate for one of the following reasons: 1.communicative purpose 2.They want to say sth. 3.Want to listen to sth. 4.Interested in what is being said If the students don't see the point in doing something, they're far less likely to want to participate! Difference between Accuracy and Fluency: Accuracy: study phase. Producing correct language. Fluency:...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Longwangmiao Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Dandong Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. This unit focused on teaching productive skills. These include speaking and writing. It is important to teach both accuracy, using the language correctly, and fluency, using the language without having to stop and think. Accuracy should be taught during the Study phase, while fluency should be taught in the Activate phase. One method to teach students these...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Mujia Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Liaoyang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. This unit discussed the productive skills: speaking and writing. With speaking, we focus on accuracy and fluency. For accuracy, the objective is to use the correct language in the appropriate manner in a controlled environment. Fluency centralizes on the idea of creativity and the natural flow of a conversation. Writing emphasizes the importance of penmanship,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Changxing Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Jinzhou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. This unit helps to encourage teachers to specifically use techniques to encourage interaction among students. This helps students to practice creative language usage as well as push spontaneous vocabulary practice skills. The unit also makes note of the importance of both accuracy and fluency. Accuracy, is much easier to practice than fluency, in my opinion. Lots...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Henglin Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xiantao, Tianmen, Qianjiang & S? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. What is the Importance of Teaching Productive Skills? Introduction Productivity could be described as what someone or something creates or in other words produces. In the world of education, and in reference to students, most tangible progress can be seen and heard through two specific means of production, the productive skills of speaking...  [Read more]

  In this TEFL review video, Krystle talks about how she took the online TEFL course with ITTT. Now she has finished her course with ITTT, Krystle is planning to do some volunteer teaching with some local institutions to gain some classroom experience before she starts looking for a job teaching English abroad. Krystle notes that the course is very flexible and is reasonably priced making it an ideal option for those on limited budgets. Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online courses is broken down into concise units that focus on specific areas of English language teaching. This convenient, highly structured design means that you can quickly get to grips with each section before moving...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Sijiazi Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Jinzhou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Speaking and writing are known as the productive skills required to speak a language. Speech is primary. We speak to express our ideas, opinions and desires, to establish social relationships. Speaking requires a certain degree of fluency. Writing, on the other hand, demands a certain degree of accuracy. Written language can be very different from the spoken...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Hongqi Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Dandong Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. The unit covered the 2 productive skills, speaking and writing. When it comes to speaking the teacher has to take into consideration 2 main aspects, accuracy and fluency. They are both equally important and performed in different stages of the lesson. Drilling is a good exercise to practice accuracy, while role-play is very efficient for fluency. When fluency is...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in TiAnmuhu Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Changzhou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. It is quite often said that learning grammar can hinder speaking English fluently. I, a big fan of grammar and also a current grammar teacher, also have heard of it and furthermore, partially agree with it. When learning English, students have to develop fluency and accuracy at the same time, but being too obsessed with accuracy might affect the fluency in a...  [Read more]

  In this episode, we cover the pronunciation of the word mugwump. This word is a noun and refers to a person who remains independent, especially from politc parties. This word comes from the Algonquian native peoples in Canada. It has been used in English since the 19th century. Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online courses is broken down into concise units that focus on specific areas of English language teaching. This convenient, highly structured design means that you can quickly get to grips with each section before moving onto the next. Unit 12 , Teaching Productive skills conveyed the two productive skills which are speaking and writing; and how they are both used for the same...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Changan Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Dandong Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. I learned that writing is the most neglected skill in the TEFL world and is often downgraded to homework. It is a fact that students nowadays prefer to focus on their speaking rather than writing skills. And writing is the most difficult skill to master for it require accuracy. While speaking on the other hand, require fluency. The teacher must create the need an...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Jinshan Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Dandong Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. This unit is focusing on productive skills that have two types which are speaking and writing skills. It discusses the accuracy and fluency of speaking which accuracy relates to the correct usage of grammar and vocabulary, whilst the fluency is the ability to think without stopping. It also mentioned that the study phase is focusing on the accuracy whilst activate...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Hadahushao Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Fuxin Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. In this lesson, I learned the importance of Wring and Speaking. Some students or teachers may think one or the other is more important but they are equally important. We have the difference between accuracy and fluency. Accuracy is about having the right out put with the help of teacher to produce correct language. Where as Fluency is being creative with language....  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Hexi Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Fuxin Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. This unit is about teaching productive skills- speaking and writing, who are equally important. People communicate for different reasons. Accuracy and Fluency are equally important. During Study phase, teachers can use controlled and guided activities to ensure the accuracy, check students' understanding, and encourage fluency during Activate phase through creative...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Liuerbao Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Liaoyang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. This unit examines steps to teach productive skills effectively. It shows what is needed to get our students to speak freely/fluently and also work on the accuracy of what they are saying. Bith accuracy and fluency are equally important. Wrinting activities are often left for the students to do on their own but this is not the best thing to do since many won't do...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Waziyu Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Jinzhou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. The unit is about productive skills: speaking and writing. Both are focused on accuracy and fluency activities. In speaking lesson, accuracy based activities is controlled by teacher to ensure correct language output. Drilling and guiding the activities are more focus on accuracy. In a fluency-based activity, the output is controlled by the students through some...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yangshuwan Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Chaoyang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. I have always felt the hardness of teaching accuracy and fluency at the same time. When the class was active, students tend to lack accuracy. When the class was accurately speaking or writing, they tend to lack fluency and participation. By dividing activities it will make the students unconfused and be able to function quickly. I have always felt the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Liuhao Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Liaoyang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. While the previous unit was focused on reading and listening, Unit 12 focuses on the production skills speaking and writing. Fluency and accuracy are the central concepts of production skills. Activities are either focused on accuracy of language or fluency, and can be teacher controlled or led by the class. Games are also productive and can help improve...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Tangjia Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Panjin Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Unit 8 was about teaching productive skills. The two productive skills are speaking and writing. From this unit I learnt the difference between fluency and accuracy. Accuracy focuses on producing correct language while fluency concentrates on allowing the students to experiment and be creative with the language. Accuracy and fluency both carries equal importance when...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Dasijiazi Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Fuxin Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. In contrast to unit 11, unit 12 discusses the productive skills: writing and speaking. Speaking is seen in terms of accuracy and fluency. Accurate speech is more of a teacher controlled speech, that allows for less creativity. However, fluency hopes for the student to begin to use the language more masterfully by being creative. I learned how important it is in a...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shizhu Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Shaoyang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. According to the Cambridge Dictionary, pronunciation is “the way in which words are pronounced. Pronunciation can be an intimidating prospect for English language learners, especially since English phonetics and phonology hardly seem consistent. The difficulty of English pronunciation should not be underestimated as speaking is a vital component of language...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Zhangtaizi Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Liaoyang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Teaching and learning English language effectively go in tandem with the execution of productive skills. Unlike receptive skills, productive skills embrace speaking and writing skills. Speaking skills gohand in hand with writing aspects. More clearly, speaking and writing skills lead to common purpose that lies on the objective of communication. At this point,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shuguang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Liaoyang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Listening and reading are two ways for learners to do input. Input only is not the goal of learning language. Output known as speaking and writing is of equal importance. What’s more, to better master a language, the output should be more than input. Therefore, drilling of speaking and writing is a must. Speaking is always involved since human has to interact...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Pingandi Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Fuxin Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. I think it was great to point out the difference between fluency and accuracy. I think the weight of importance of each needs to shift as students move from beginner to intermediate to advanced. The first level of communication is being able to say something and get your basic point across, fluency is more important, as your level increases and your communication...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Daying Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Dalian Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Although speaking and writing are different in many ways, it is true that they are both used to communicate. We speak to each other to express the need for something or a desire. This unit studies the abilities to speak and write which are known as Productive Skills. Productive skills can be subdivided into accuracy and fluency. Accuracy refers to the correct usage of...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Gongzhutun Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Shenyang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. the unit foucs about the speaking and writing skills.for the speaking skills there are difference between accuracy and fluency, accuracy is concentrated on producing correct language while the fluency concentrated on allowing the student to experiment and be creative with language. as for writing skills there are different factors to be considered the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shaling Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Liaoyang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. The unit was separated into three parts of speaking, writing, and gaming in classroom. In order for students to be able to reproduce what's been taught, each section explains the teaching philosophy in behind and the details of what teachers should be pay attention to when doing the activity. For instance, when drilling the vocabulary, accuracy is more important...  [Read more]