Importance Of Speaking

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Introduction What is speaking? Who is a good speaker? According to Brown , 1994 ; Burns and Joyce , 1997, speaking is a dynamic process in which the meaning is formed and it involves producing and receiving and processing data. The context is very important , it includes the speaker and the listener, their past experiences , time, place and the most important, aim of the conversation. it’s mostly open-ended and without any special planning. Although it can be predictable in a lot of cases. there are always some discourse situations that the language function is predictable within them , (Burns and Joyce, 1997). Speaking is not just knowing how to produce correct grammar and pronunciation , but also understanding how , what for and when, to…show more content…
The speaker must also choose the appropriate vocabularies and body language or facial expressions to clarify the meaning and give his/her approval or disapproval in the ongoing interaction. Speaking has been known the most prominent skill for investing business in an international environment or immigrating to another country. It is also highly important for educational purposes around the world. But in a lot of school classrooms, the major focus of the teachers and students is on reading and writing rather than listening and speaking. According to Krieger (2005, p.10) EFL students without required intrinsic motivation will have extrinsic motivation as a result of receiving positive feedback from high scores. According to Brown (2001) “ if a learner is motivated enough to learn for his own sake , to become a successful language user , he will be more competent in long term learning that if he is given only external rewards…show more content…
So the linkage between taking part in a second language classroom and the academic achievement is definitely certain , (Lim , 1992 ; Wudong , 1994 ; Zhou , 1991). A lot of studies have revealed that the students who have an active role in the class and participate in the class activities more , will be more competent than the ones who are passive in the class. Due to the fact that oral activities and oral participation is more observable and more testable in a class , studies have been more concern with significance of oral abilities of students in the class.(Ellis , 1988 , 1993 ; Ely , 1986 ; Gomez , 1995 ; King , 1993 ; Seliger , 197 , Spada , 1986). So more and more attention has been paid to students’ oral involvement in the classroom.(Ellis, 1988; Long , 1981 ; Swain , 1985 ; Tsui , 1992 ; Wagner_Gough and Hatch , 1975). All of these studies confirm a positive relationship between language and proficiency and oral participation in the classroom. The more oral participation in the class the more proficient language learner will
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