techniques in teaching English speaking have to be suitable with the characteristics of young learners, so the young learners will be encouraged and
motivated in speaking English. These are the techniques in teaching speaking to young learners:
1. Using gesture
Using gesture in teaching speaking is very useful to make students understand the meaning easier because the movements used by the teacher when teaching
English can help the students who have limited language understand what the teacher says.
“When children find a new language at school, they need some methods to help them interpret the new structures, so English teacher can develop the
teaching speaking methods by using gesture, intonation, demonstration, action, and facial expressions to transfer meaning about what English teachers are
saying”. Halliwell, 1992:4.
2. Using Role-play
Another way of getting students to speak is role- playing. In role playing, students pretended to be someone else. In this activity, the teacher gives situation
in a role card or tells to the students, such as who they are and what they should think or feel and the students act and say based on the situation given Harmer,
1984. Role play is a good activity because the students become the model and it gives a chance to use language in new contexts and encourages the student to
express naturally and intonation as well as gesture, so it can improve the student’s
speaking ability. Role –play is a way-bringing situation from real life into the classroom.
3. Question and answer
Question and answer is one technique of giving language practice in the classroom Byrne, 1986: 48. The teacher gives some questions related to the
topic and the students should answer orally.
4. Using puppet
Most of young learners like to play, even when they are learning in the class. Using puppet is an alternative media in speaking class, because they can
learn by playing. Young learners enjoy puppet because puppet shows dramatic activity, which can attract the children Peterson and Hayden, 1961: 137. They
also tell a story or make conversation by using puppet.
5. Using games
The use of game in teaching can motivate the students to use the language in the class. It will be interesting for them, because most of the students like games,
so games can be used to improve the students’ interest in learning English and to provide the students’ opportunities using English in daily life. Byrne, 1986:100.
6. Using repetition
