Aim of Teaching Speaking
predictable. In contrast, communicative activities the students can enhance actively in teaching and learning process. The students are in the real communication that
participant has information then share it to the other participants. In addition according to Carter and Nunan state that the teachers should give the tasks which can
encourage the students to use the target language in order to communicate the information which is focused on meaning not accuracy.
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Therefore, to build classroom speaking activity more communicative, the teachers give some communicative activities in which the students can enhance their target
language easily. Through some communicative activities, it enhances the students to attend the speaking’s class. The teachers can provides some different materials in
delivering speaking skill. According to Kayi in his article, there are many kinds of speaking activities to promote speaking skill
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. They are: 1. Discussions
In this activity what the students do is to share their ideas about particular thing. They can involve in agree or disagree discussions. The teacher can make a small
group of students which is consist of 4 or 5 in each group and give them some interesting topic to be discussed.
2. Role Play In role play, the students pretend they are in various contexts and have a variety
of social roles. 3. Simulations
Simulations are very similar to role play, but the difference is they are more elaborate. The students can bring the stuff related to their particular simulations in
order to establish a realistic environment.
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See: Ronald Carter and David Nunan eds., The Cambridge Guide to Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001, p. 18.
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See: Hayriye Kayi, Teaching Speaking: Activities to Promote Speaking in a Second Language Nevada: University of Nevada, Internet TESL Journal, Vol. XII, No. 11, November 2006,
p.1. From: http:iteslj.orgArticlesKayi-Teaching Speaking.html
4. Information Gap In this activity, the students are supposed to be work in pairs. There is bit
difference information between the student „A’ and the student „B’. Therefore, what they have to do is to collect the information.
5. Brainstorming On a given topic, students can produce ideas in a limited time. It depends on the
context, whether individual or group brainstorming is effective and learners generate ideas quickly and freely.
6. Storytelling In this activity the students can briefly summarize their own story or a tale, so
they can think creatively. It also helps them to express their ideas in the format of beginning, development, and ending, including the characters and setting a story has
to have. 7. Interviews
Students can conduct interviews on selected topics with various people. The teacher provides a rubric to students so that they know what type of questions they
can ask or what path to follow, but students should prepare their own interview questions.
8. Story Completion It is kind of free speaking activity for which the students sit in a circle. The
procedure of this activity is the teacher starts to tell a story, but after a few sentences he or she stops narrating. Then, each student starts to continue in narrating the story.
9. Reporting Before coming to the class, the students have to read a newspaper or magazine
then report it to their friends about the most interesting news. 10. Playing Cards
In this game, the students form groups of four. Each suit will represent a topic. For instance: