I've been teaching languages for 14 yearsOral sexFrom the first time students were introduced to each other, to the next time they were free to discuss social issues, the form was changed. But in the first two weeks of 2026, it became clear to me that studentsI can't talkI don't know. It's not that there's not enough words, it's that they're too used to short video and typing chats for three seconds, and once they're standing on their own, they're stuck in their heads。
What do you teach
I've tried role-playing, i've tried short video reviews, i've done a lot of things, and it's not working very well. What really works is a..Hot topicTo narrow down to a specific small cut. Instead of talking about the big question of "ai won't replace people," you asked, "your mom wrote you a circle of friends with ai, what's your reaction after you get there?" to be specific, the most boring children in general are able to pick up on them and say it is particularly true, unlike the answers。
There's another stupid way i never gave upNo hints, no frameI don't know. The students were given two minutes to talk freely on one topic, without touching their cell phones. At first it was a mess, but when we talked about it for the third time, the students found themselves saying more things than typing, and the "i don't know what to say" was slowly disappearing。
Why is it hard to speak
It is difficult to rely heavily on text messages and voice strips for the daily expression of children in 2026. The ideas in their minds are fragmented, jumping, completely different from writing logic. If you let them follow the "first view, last reason, last example" formula, they're worse off than writing, talking about themselves in half and losing their tone。
And..The hot topic was updated too quicklyI don't know. This week, the class was excited to discuss a new artificial intelligence product, and next week the product went straight through the car, and once the student mentioned it was laughing, there was no way to go down. Every time i have to pull the subject back, a section of the lesson is in the direction of control。
How do you practice speaking
My extracurricular homework is simple — sending me a voice every day, 30 seconds to a minute, talking about the one thing that bores him the most that day. I'll just say "received" or "after." up until the third month, the most boring boy in the class suddenly raised his hand and said, "sensei, i have a different opinion," and it shook the class because he had never been so proactive。
There are no shortcuts to speaking out, either by opening up, speaking or speaking. It's not wrong, it's less and less chance to open up。
I'm going to let them talk about "if you can only take a cell phone out of the house in 2026, which function you'll leave." count again, and there are a few others who will be able to complete a sentence。
