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Five Ways to Speak More Naturally HandoutFive Ways to Speak More Naturally Handout
Publisher
Road to Grammar
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6th - 12th
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English Language Arts
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Five Ways to Speak More Naturally

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Help your English language learners move toward conversing like native speakers. This document includes five easy sentence structure changes that make a big difference when speaking in English. Examples and explanations are included for all five tips.

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Concepts

conversational english, sentence structure, colloquialisms, translations

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Set up a practice conversation during which students must practice these five tips when talking with partners
  • Print this out so that pupils can use it as a reference page

Pros

  • Provides example sentences that are more awkward to show how the changes can improve the flow of speech
  • The tips are basic enough to actually make it into a learner's speech habits

Cons

  • None

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