Journal of English Language Teaching

Teaching to Speak without Materials: Some Techniques

Arkapravo Banerjee

Assistant Master in English, WBSubES, New Integrated Government School, Joypur, West Bengal, India.

Keywords: Teaching-Learning Materials (TLM), developing speaking skill.

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Abstract

Indian classrooms are generally found to lack ‘Teaching Learning Materials’ (TLM), be it schools or colleges. Teachers often complain about the lack of resources in the classroom. This paper attempts to show how, using the creativity of a teacher, classroom activities can be made more learner-centric, without the help of any TLM. This paper tries to trace how teachers can step in with their creative techniques and help the students overcome their lack of confidence and fear of being judged. To find out the effectiveness of creative techniques, a study was conducted in 2016 on 75 students from the first year Computer Science Engineering department. The following were the techniques applied: ‘Description-Nostalgia-Dream’, ‘Cornered’, ‘Divide & Reward’, ‘Story Telling’, and ‘Each One Teach Everyone’. The results showed that using creative and out-of-the-box techniques, a teacher can deal with the problem of lack of TLMs in the classroom.

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