Teaching Speaking
Teaching speaking ability is very
important part in second language learning. The ability to communicate in
second language clearly and efficiently contribute to the success of the
learner in the school and success later in every phase of life. Therefore it is
essential that language teacher pay great attention in teaching speaking
ability so that the teacher should make various activities to promote speaking
to students, the teacher should motivate students to learn more about speaking.
Some reasons speaking ability is very important in our life are through as peaking
we can convey our ideas or minds.
Speaking ability
as the measure
of knowing a
language. These learners define fluency as the ability to converse with
others, much more than the ability to read, write, or comprehend oral language.
They regard speaking as
the most important
skill they can acquire,
and they assess
their progress in
terms of their
accomplishments in spoken communication. Language learners need
to recognize that speaking involves three areas of knowledge:
1) Mechanics
(pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary): Using the right words in the right
order with the correct pronunciation
2) Functions (transaction
and interaction): Knowing
when clarity of
message is essential (transaction/information exchange)
and when precise
understanding is not
required (interaction/relationship building)
3) Social
and cultural rules and norms (turn-taking, rate of speech, length of pauses
between speakers, relative roles
of participants): Understanding
how to take
into account who is
speaking to whom. In what circumstances, about what, and for what reason.
In the communicative model of
language teaching, instructors help their students develop this body
of knowledge by providing authentic
practice that prepares
students for real-life communication situations. They help
their students develop the ability to produce grammatically correct, logically
connected sentences that are appropriate to specific contexts, and to do so
using acceptable (that is, comprehensible) pronunciation.
