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The teacher also has to assess both the speaking processes and products. The evaluation of the students’ achievement should not merely be based on the
product but also from the processes. The teacher is supposed to always pay attention to the students in the daily activities in class so that heshe knows each
student’s progress.
d. Promoting Oral Skills in the Classroom
Lazaraton 2001: 106-110 states that there are many ways to promote oral skills in the classroom. Here are the activities that can be applied in teaching
speaking.
1 Discussions
In the discussions, usually the students are introduced to a topic. The topic can be introduced via reading, a listening passage, or videoaudio. Then, the students
are asked to work in pairs or groups to discuss the related topic.
2 Speeches
In the speaking class, the teacher can provide the structure for the speech. Giving the example of the structure for the speech means giving a model of
speech to the students to make it easier to learn. The teacher may videoaudio the speeches to evaluate them. Then, the teacher can provide feedback for the students
so that the students can learn, reflect, and make improvement.
3 Role Plays
In role plays, the students act as if in a real-life situation. Role-play is suitable for practising the sociocultural variations in speech acts. It helps the students in
dealing with real-life situations.
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4 Conversations
Conversation is one common way to promote oral skills in the classroom. The teacher may ask the students to make conversations and practise them.
Conversation is one speaking activity which is particularly suited to the analysis that the students must become more metalinguistically aware of the many features
of language to become competent speakers and interlocutors in English.
5 Audioaudiod Oral Dialogue Journals
It is the example of modelling in speaking class. It has much to offer both to the teacher and the students in the oral skills classroom. Oral dialogue journals are
one format where practice with fluency and attention to accuracy can be accomplished at the same time.
6 Other Accuracy-Based Activities
Activities that promote students getting acquainted with each other lend themselves to practise with specific structures but in a realistic context. It is
supposed that the students will be able to practise speaking in a realistic context.
5. Perception
