FAQs about the 2-minute Speaking Questions Challenge - 3 years on
I started the 2-minute Speaking Questions Challenge 3 years ago, because I wanted to make sure that every student speaks, every lesson. This routine has such a huge impact on accuracy, speed, and confidence in my classroom - it rehearses understanding questions, using key verbs accurately in context, speed of recall, clear pronunciation, and immediate feedback. In essence, building fluency. I've blogged before about what this is and how I do it; you can read this here . To summarise the process: I start the 2 minute timer I ask a question in TL I start the randomiser The selected student answers it in TL Repeat steps 2-4 until the timer runs out Count how many questions have been answered in the time (tally as you go, or use randomiser to count as it goes) Add the score to the class leaderboard Give quick, specific feedback & praise I’ve shared a couple of social media posts about this before too, and I tend to get the same few questions, so I’m going to address these here. Can...