Teaching of Speaking
Speaking is
a crucial part
of second language
learning and teaching. Despite its
importance, for many
years, teaching speaking
has been undervalued and English
language teachers have continued to teach speaking just as
a repetition of
drills or memorization
of dialogues. However,
today's world requires that
the goal of
teaching speaking should
improve students'
communicative skills, because,
only in that
way, students can
express themselves and learn how to follow the social and cultural rules
appropriate in each communicative circumstance.
What is
meant by teaching
speaking is to
teach English language learners to:
a. Produce
the English speech sounds and sounds patterns.
b. Use words
and sentence stress,
intonation patterns and
the rhythm of the second language
c. Select
appropriate words and sentences according to the proper social setting,
audience, situation and subject matter.
d. Organize
their thoughts in a meaningful and logical sequence.
e. Use
language as a means of expressing values and judgments.
f. Use the language quickly
and confidently with
few unnatural pauses, which is called fluency
