TALKING CHIPS AND CLASSROOM COMMUNICATION. HERE'S A BRIEF EXPLANATION

TALKING CHIPS: Literature Review

Talking Chips is a Kagan strategy that teaches students the techniques of polite discussion and debate.

Arnold, E (1983) states that speaking has several important functions. First, it facilitates students to analyze the information, problems, and conditions requiring the formation of attitudes. Second, it helps students to create effective communication.  Finally, it helps students to pronounce the words correctly.  On the other hand,  Harmer, J (1993) states that there are three stages in teaching speaking namely introduction new language, practice, and communicative activity. Kagan,S (2010)  points out that Talking Chips Technique is a technique in teaching speaking which makes the students work in group. Then, applying the Talking Chips Technique, students will be given chips and the chips are used every time they speak. They must put the chips at the center of table. It is done until all the chips are used. If the chips are used, the students may not speak until the chips of all members of the group have been used. If all the chips have been used,  while the task has not finished, the students can be given the chips again. The procedures of Talking Chips are also proposed by Kagan, S (2010). The procedures are as in the following. - Teacher provides a discussion topic. - Any student begins the discussion, placing his or her chip in the center of the team table. - Any student with a chip continues discussion, using his or her chip. - When all chips are used, teammates all collect their chips and continue the discussion using their talking chips. - During the students speak about the topic, Accuracy and fluency of students will be observed. Besides, in evaluation, the students will be assessed either their fluency or accuracy.

References

1. Arnold, E. (1983)Starting to teach study skill. London: Edward Arnold Ltd, 1983, pp.112.

2. Kagan, S(2010). Cooperative learning. San Clemente, CA: Kagan Publishing. Retrieved April 12nd, 2010, from http://www.gdrc.org/kmgmt/c- learn/methods.html, 1992, pp. 17.

3. Harmer, J (1993). The Practice of English Language Teaching. London: Longman, 1993.