2.2.5 Classroom Activities to Promote Speaking
There are many classroom activities that could be used by teacher to teach speaking. Variation of method in teaching speaking is very needed in order to make students
keep interested and do not feel bored in learning process. Every speaking activity is different in function and method, depending on the levels and condition of the
students. According to Harmer 2002:98, there are some classroom activities to promote speaking;
1. Information Gaps
In this activity students have to work in pairs. One becomes speaker and another one is to be interlocutor. Both of them have different information that
would be shared through this activity. This activity usually supposed to elementary and intermediate school.
2 Surveys Survey is best simple way to create conversation among students. The teacher
could make a list of questions for students to be answered with their friends. The students would have to go round class questioning other students and
noting their answer. This activity is usually applied by intermediate students. 3 Discussion
As we know in teaching learning process there are many problems that cannot be solved individually by students. By discussion students could make
conclusion about something, share ideas about an event, or find solutions about the problem. This activity is usually done in intermediate and upper
intermediate.
4 Role-play Role-play is activities where students are asked to imagine that they are in the
different situations and try to act become others character. Role play is very important in teaching speaking because it gives students an opportunity to
practice communicating in different social. Sometimes teacher may want to join in speaking activities, but teacher needs
to be concerned not to dominate the speaking activity. What the teacher should do is just supervising the speaking activities and aware of the problems that may come
during speaking activities. Sometimes, students cannot think what they have to say and the conversation is suddenly over. The teacher could decide whether the activity
should be stopped or continued and give some help for the students by providing some vocabulary.
2.2.6 Speaking Assessment
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