The Role of Instructional Materials
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influences other human beings Rivers,1968:162.In other word, speaking activities can express students own ideas, wishes, opinions, attitudes, information,
etc. Speaking is usually done by two or more speakers, facing each other and paying attention and responding to what is said rather than how correctly it is said
Nunan, 1989:31.
b Teaching Speaking
According to Bushman 1986:25 the general purpose for speech study in English Class is to develop students who can participate satisfactorily in everyday
situations that demand oral work. Nowadays, people are expected to speak English fluently in working environment. That is why the teaching of speaking
skill cannot be separated from the idea of teaching communicative ability. Rivers 1968:160 said that the teaching of the speaking skill is more demanding on the
teacher than the teaching of any other language skill. Rivers added that students in a foreign-language class will not learn to speak fluently merely by hearing speech,
so it is important to the teacher to give more opportunities for practicing the speaking skill. The teacher needs to use his imagination in devising situations that
provoke the students to the use of the language in the expression of his own meaning.
In teaching speaking, teacher has many techniques that are frequently used. They are conversation, guessing things, getting information, sharing, group-
work experiences. These techniques will allow students to participate in speaking activity. Technique also should concern about affective aspect of the students and
have some relevance to interesting topics.
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