Introduction The ability to speak a language is synonymous with knowing that language because speaking is the most basic ways of human communication. As the process of learning and applying the skills of oral English are so closely related, classroom should be a place where the use of spoken language is sensitively supported since it enables students to make connections between what they know and what they are learning, and it is the one through which they are going to be judged while the first impressions are being formed, that's why according to (Ur, 1996): "Many if not most foreign language learners are interested in learning to speak" (p. 120). In practice or in real classroom situation, those learners find it difficult to communicate or interact using the target language. They think that …show more content…
Principles for Teaching Speaking There are five principles for teaching speaking stated by Nunan (2003, p. 54):
1. Consider about second and foreign language learning context. It is to clarify about the target language of second language context is language of communications in the society since they use the target language almost every day. Whereas in the foreign language context, the target language is not in the language of communication in the society. So that learning speaking in this context is very challenging.
2. Give the opportunities for the students to develop both fluency and accuracy. Fluency is the extent to which speaker uses the language quickly and confidently with few hesitation or unnatural pauses. Accuracy is the extent to which student’s speech matches what people actually say when they use the target language.
3. Give the opportunity for the students to talk by using pair and group work. Those activities used to increase the time of students’ speaking practice and to limit the teacher to
One-point teachers should be aware of language acquisition is that the child ability to participate in a classroom may be affect because of the lack of communication, must of the time students that are second language learners tend to stay quite and demonstrate lack of understanding. It is important to identify these students to be able to approach and teach them adequately.
Many of their learning needs are similar to those of other children and young people learning in our schools. However, these learners also have distinct and different needs from other learners by virtue of the fact that they are learning in and through another language, and that they come from cultural backgrounds and communities with different understandings and expectations of education, language and learning”. (NALDIC, 1999).
As communication is a key element in my field, the necessity for them to develop excellent Language skills is key, as it also requires preparation, as elements of clear enunciation, focusing and the design of presentations are usually present in most of the courses within this field.
The article I picked for this assignment analyzes the authors viewpoint against the development of spoken language among children in two different school. The authors attempt to convey the importance behind oral language and listening skills in reception children. Included in the article are results of children in varies school showing the lack of language skills. The author works on suggesting intervention programs to have a positive effect on these skills that need improvement throughout the school education. Surveys and researchers believe that about half of teachers are decreasing speaking and listening skills in the past five years. Practicing skills of talking and listening are essential. Mentioned in the article, “language difficulties are that children have problems in three areas: accessing curriculum on language related tasks, interaction and social skills, and attention span towards learning” in the classroom (pg. 658). This article worked on intervention program for teacher to train students to improve their language skills on standardize exams. In my opinion, having the ability to speak is a way to communicate and share ideas and thoughts with others, and express feelings on how one feels. Listening skills are processed after we hear something. It involves one’s attention and decision to participate in a discussion and respond to message. Also, it requires the ability to focus on the conversation without being distracted, but having a meaningful connection with
Students have enough opportunities to practice the target language, in pairs, individually and as a whole class. They practice the language in speaking and written form.
These students may find it very difficult to participate in English tasks and will quickly tire when constantly having to converse in English.
Oral communication for English language learners can be easier than learning how to read and write. English language learner’s students might have a fear of speaking however it is the teacher’s responsibility to make the student’s feel comfortable in speaking the English language. When English language learners learn the English language then they will be able to communicate with people and in the classroom. In the article An Urgent Challenge: Enhancing Academic Speaking Opportunities for English Learners, it was mentioned that in order to engage English language learner students in a conversation, a teacher must have to model and clearly teach them how to engage in a conversation (Wilson, Fang, Rollins, & Valadez, 2016, P. 53). This is what
In order to encourage and shape students into creative, competent, considerate individuals, educators must provide them with the proper direction and tools. This can be achieved by supplying students with a variety of lessons that allow them to gain the required knowledge, but also inspires them to make personal connections with their peers, with texts, with society, and with the world. One way to accomplish this is through speech. Speaking allows students to process and vocalize personal thoughts, collaborate with peers for a well-rounded perspective, and to inform, persuade, or entertain others. Students will need to navigate various methods of speaking both inside and outside of the classroom, so equipping them with the skills to be an effective speaker and communicator is vital.
People speak languages and communicate with each other to fulfill their everyday needs, whether these needs are physical, spiritual or recreational. According to Bachman (1990: 90) language competence is measured by the extent to which communicative acts serve the functions the speaker intends to perform by his utterances. Hence, if communication competence cannot fulfill the functions of the speaker, this will be a failure on his part.
One of language skills which must be mastered in communication is the result of learning in expressing and developing ideas into written form, idea and notion. The idea is then developed in the form of a series of sentences. Results of writing activities are to be read by others, so that others can read the text required for the language that is easily understood. Through language learning activities, students are expected to have the language skills that include listening skills (listening), speaking,
Learning of foreign language rely on four basic skills which can be classified into receptive and productive skills. Listening and reading comes under receptive whereas writing and speaking comes under productive. In language learning, out of the four skills, listening stands to be as one of the most important skill. It is also accounted as a Cinderella skill. Environment plays
When students learn the language they have to improve it with good grammar and rich vocabulary. It is assumed this is not the final purpose. The learner has to be able to use language but also he has to possess other skills and abilities which he will need. Sometimes learners are good at listening and speaking and we cannot say for them that they are good at English. It also happens that some learners do better in reading and writing than in listening and speaking,
A students ability to speak fluently, particularly in a social setting does not guarantee that the student will have properly developed the ability to use language in an academic environment (Samway & McKeon, 2007).
listening in language learning and teaching, this research tries to investigate the role of listening
In teaching speaking teachers should know a).the concept of speaking, the element of the sound for instance phonemes because some of the students and including teachers still find difficulties in pronouncing them and b).models of learning and teaching and focused on CLT . Common to all version of Communicative Language Teaching is a theory of language teaching that stars from a communicative model of language and language use, and that seeks to translate this into design for an instructional system, for material, for teacher and learner roles and behaviors, and for classroom activities and technique. The range of exercise types and