An Approach to Creative Speaking Activities in the Young Learners' Classroom

Autor/inn/en	Becker, Carmen; Roos, Jana
Titel	An Approach to Creative Speaking Activities in the Young Learners' Classroom
Quelle	In: Education Inquiry, 7 (2016) 1, S.9-26 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2000-4508
DOI	10.3402/edui.v7.27613
Schlagwörter	Creative Activities; Speech Communication; Language Fluency; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Oral Language; Teaching Methods; Skill Development; Foreign Countries; Language Usage; Task Analysis; English (Second Language); Communicative Competence (Languages); Europe; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Ausland; Sprachgebrauch; Aufgabenanalyse; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Communicative competence; Languages; Kommunikative Kompetenz; Sprache; Europa; Deutschland
Abstract	The main focus of early foreign language learning in Europe is on the development of oral skills. In the classroom, speaking is usually reproductive and imitative and activities aim at the production of closely supported accurate output. Opportunities for young learners to experiment with the language and to use it productively outside of fixed dialogues are often rare. However, developing fluency and basic speaking competencies requires more than just producing memorized chunks of language. In order to progress in their acquisition of the target language and to become truly communicatively competent, learners also need to be able to use language spontaneously and creatively. This paper proposes an approach to creative speaking activities. It discusses communicative tasks and improvisation activities in relation to their potential to initiate language use that transcends formulae and reproduction. Finally, it develops a model of creative speaking that illustrates how young learners can be supported in gradually developing the skills for a more independent language use. (As Provided).
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