INTERACTIVE SKILLS
Interaction
Interactive language
learning activities
The teacher’s role when using
interactive language learning activities
Question tags: The weather today is very cold, isn't it?
During activity: check students
Before activity: create a positive and collaborative environment + let them know the goals
Understand vocabulary and grammar
Provide explanations, encouragement or doubts
Disappearing dialogue
Comprehension of the other members of the process
Interest about the communicative act
Requires receiving and expressing messages
Key contributor for the process of communication
Social media
Tips for improving interactive skills
Be a good listener
Take care of your body language
Keep distractions away
Practice make human perfect!
Design the conversation
The importance of interaction
in language learning
Enhance linguistic abilities
Use language knowledge one possesses
Useful to contextualize situations
Focus on meaning