Teaching Speaking in EFL Classroom

Salahaddin UniversityCollege of Basic Education/ English Department MA in TESOL

Teaching Speaking in EFL Classroom

Zana M. [email protected]

Speaking is "the process of building and sharing meaning through the use of verbal and non-verbal symbols, in a variety of contexts" (Chaney, 1998, p. 13).

meaning

contextsmeaning

contexts

Feelings Opinions Personal details Functions:1- Giving advice2- Expressing hope3- Telling stories Daily routines Describing: 1- People2- Places3- Objects4- Habits

contextsmeaning

• Formal• Informal• At home• At school• On holiday• At a mall

Many language learners regard speaking ability as the measure of knowing a language.

Many learners are interested in speaking rather than other language skills.

Do You know that ? ? ?

I hate role plays. I love talking about real things. I do not want to pretend. The teacher’s is always asking us to talk about difficult things, like about global warming. It’s so difficult, I can’t even talk about this in my own language. I never speak in class. I’m too nervous and everyone is better than me so I just stay quiet.

How can I speak when I don’t know all the words?

I am afraid of making mistakes

Factors Affecting Speaking

Therefore, good environment helps the students to speak actively and correctly. So, try to ease your students and remove their nervousness, fear and anxiety with encouraging words.

Cont.

Students talk a lot( STT) All get a chance to speak Motivation is high Students speak the target language

Undertaking all these via: Pair work Group work Whole class activity

Characteristics of a Successful Speaking Activity

SPEAKING

Discussions

Interviews

Role plays

ConversationsSpot the

differences

Problem solving

Describing pictures

Picture comments

and discussion

Watch and speak

ACTIVITIES

PRE SPEAKING◦ Plan and organize for speaking◦ Choosing a speaking topic◦ Determining a purpose and audience

WHILE SPEAKING◦ Engaging students in interactions with peers and

other audiences.◦ Engage in formal and informal speaking situations

POST SPEAKING◦ Reflection about students performance (critical

thinking)◦ Reflect upon performance◦ Giving feedback

Stages of teaching speaking

students actually have a strong desire to speak. They are reluctant to speak because they are afraid

of making mistakes and failing to find suitable words to express themselves well.

Teachers should play a great role in trying to encourage students to speak by using as many ways as possible and creating a good language speaking environment, students will speak actively, willingly and naturally.

Speaking as one of the four skills, can be mastered only through practice. Practice makes PERFECT.

Conclusion

Celce-Murcia, M. (2001) Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language. 3rd ed. USA: Heinle&Heinle.

Chaney, A.L., and T.L. Burk. (1998) Teaching Oral Communication

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Publishing House. Brown, G. and G. Yule. (1983) Teaching the Spoken Language.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Harmer, J. (2007) The Practice of English Language Teaching. London:

Longman. McDonough, J. and C. Shaw. (2003) Materials and Methods in ELT: a

teacher’s guide. Malden, MA; Oxford: Blackwell. Nunan, D., (2003) Practical English Language Teaching. NY:McGraw-Hill.

References

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