31 that serves to measure the ability of students after the test conducted in the learning
process.
7. The Concept of Teaching Speaking
Teaching speaking is one of ways that can be used in other the learners can understand about the meaning of communication in real communication. Brown
states that teaching is guiding and facilitating learning, enabling the learner to learn, setting the conditions for learning and showing or helping someone to learn how to
do something
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. It means that teaching is a process that should be done by the teacher based on the experiences, knowledge and material preparation the aim of teaching can
be reached. Speaking is one of the most difficult, aspects for students to master. This is hardly
surprising when one considers everything that is Involved when speaking: ideas, what to say, language, how to use grammar and vocabulary, pronunciation as well as
listening to and reacting to the person we are communicating with
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. On the other hand, teaching speaking is kind of teaching language skills that have been tought for
many years ago. It is very important both for learners and the teacher, because through this teaching, the teacher can have the student become reviews their
communicatively competent in using reviews their second language, and for the
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Brown, 2000, Op.Cit, P.7.
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Lucy Pollard, Guide to Teaching English, Longman, London, 2008, P.33.
32 students, they will be able to operate and the language in their real situation orally.
There are three basic reasons why a good idea to give students speaking task: 1.
Rehearsal: getting students to have a free discussion gives them a chance to rehearse having discussions outside the classroom.
2. Feedback: speaking task where students are trying to use all and any language
they know provides feedback for both teacher and students. 3.
Engagement: good speaking activities can and should be highly motivating. If all the students are participating fully and if the teacher has set up the activity
properly, give sympathetic, useful feedback, they will get satisfaction from it
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. Based on the explanation above, it can be concluded that speaking teaching is a very
important part of learning a foreign language. The ability to communicate in a foreign language cleary and efficiently contributes to the success of the learner in school and
success later in every phase of life. Therefore, it is essential that foreign language teachers pay great attention to teaching speaking by providing students with adequate
exposure with the language and with adequate motivation to communicate through it. Rather than leading students to pure memorization, providing a rich environment
where meaningful communication takes place is desired. With this aim, teacher
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Harmer, Op.Cit, P.87.
33 should be aware of the problems that may face in conducting the English speaking
class starts from the problem faced by the students and the teachers, in addition, the problem from the language itself that is not spoken in the community.
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