Tips For Teaching Speaking

The goal of teaching speaking is to get students to communicate effectively and efficiently. In order to achieve this goal, the teacher should:

a. make sure that students use the language to the best of their ability
b. teach students correct pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary
c. explain to students th appropriate context of the communication

Effective and efficient communication is the result of providing enough language input. The teacher can accomplish this by using English when giving instructions, giving simple commands, reading passages out load. Other English activities such as playing games, singing songs, performing a role play. Give the students opportunities to communicate in English. As a teacher consider including varied speaking activities in the classroom, they may find the following tips useful:

a. help students to become familiar with the topics
b. put students into pairs or groups
c. rearrange the classroom
c. give students the English word and its Indonesian translation when they are learning new vocabulary