English Speeches in Elementary School
Merits:
Good practice for speeches in JHS and HS
Opportunity to learn and use essential non-speaking skills
(posture, eye-contact, body language)
Self-critique (record each speech, and play back at the end.
Watch again at the end of the year, or after next speech, to
note improvement)
Students can describe their own interests/world
Show-and-tell/realia
Topic sentences:
(5 年生) I like ______, I don’t like ______
(5 年生) This is my ______
(6 年生) I can ______, I can’t ______
(6 年生) I want to go to ______
(6 年生) I want to be a ______
Steps:
1. Teacher models speech
2. Speech advice through modeling (1. voice, 2. posture,
3. eye-contact, 4. speed, 5. gestures)
3. Write speech script together
4. Student-generated vocabulary
5. Practice
6. Speech!