Stage 1 guidelines for speaking: Functions

Stage 1 guidelines for speaking: Functions

Objectives
	Here are some functions objectives for Stage 1 for speaking:
	To greet To introduce people To express a need To express gratitude To take leave To identify objects To ask directions To express agreement To express disagreement To express a failure to understand To make purchases

Strategies
	Here are some functions strategies for Stage 1 guidelines for speaking:
	Analysis Keep a list of communication functions you want to be able to perform and the sentences you can use to express them. Ask the language associate (LA) or teacher for different ways to express these functions as you progress. Practice Imagine yourself in a context where you would actually say the sentences you are practicing, or do role-play so that the words and sentences you say are in a meaningful context. Rehearsal Before you go into the community for real-life communication situations, rehearse what you want to say and what you expect to hear in reply.

Techniques
	Here are some functions techniques for Stage 1 guidelines for speaking:
	The Survival Phrases technique The Reverse Role-Play technique The Role-Play technique

Activities
	Here are some functions activities for Stage 1 guidelines for speaking:
	The Eating Out activity The Public Transport activity The Shopping Trip activity The Social Visiting activity Try to use memorized material appropriately in real communication situations. Get the LA to accompany you sometimes and give you feedback. This may make you nervous at first, but will be of great help in the long run.

Context for this page:

This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library, Version 3.5, published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 1999. [Ordering information.]

Page content last modified: 8 December 1998