SKKN THPT [SKKN MÔN TIẾNG ANH] HOW TO IMPROVE STUDENTS SPEAKING SKILL WHILE TEACHING OTHER SKILLS

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[SKKN MÔN TIẾNG ANH] HOW TO IMPROVE STUDENTS SPEAKING SKILL WHILE TEACHING OTHER SKILLS
I. THE REASON WHY THE TOPIC IS CHOSEN

Speaking is a crucial part of language learning. The mastery of speaking skill in English is a priority for many second or foreign language learners. Nowadays, many learners even consider the ability to speak the language is the aim of language learning. They often evaluate their success in language learning as well as the effectiveness of their English courses on the basic of how well they feel they have improved in the spoken language proficiency. Despite its importance, for a long time, teaching speaking has been under valuated. Traditional teaching methods have seemed to emphasize the learning of language system (rules of grammar and , lists of vocabulary items ..) as a goal in its own right and failed to give learners an ability to gain realistic experiences in actually using the language knowledge gained. Moreover, very often when people study a language, they accumulate a lot of 'up-in the head ' knowledge, but then find that they can't actually use this language to express what they want to .There seems to be some difficulties in moving language from 'up-there ' knowledge to actively usable language . Without experience in using the language , students may tend to be nervous about trying to say things. Nowadays things have been different. Today's world requires that the goal of learning speaking English should develop students' communication skill so that students can express themselves and use the target language to state opinions, express their feelings and exchange information. Many new teaching methods have been introduced and applied to serve the basic need of English learners. Among them ,communicative approach and learner-centered approach seem to be the most effective ways to teach oral communication. And we should apply these methods in teaching the four skills and focus on designing speaking activities in appropriate stages of English lessons while teaching other skills so that students always have a lot of chances to practise speaking while learning English.



In Viet Nam, there has been also a reform in teaching English in secondary schools as well as High schools. The new series of textbooks presently used in secondary schools and high schools were designed in view of communicative language teaching method. The topics of the lessons given in the textbooks are really interesting and based on real- life situations that require communication.

In spite of many efforts of teachers and others , the results we get from our students are unsatisfactory. Students still complain that they find speaking lessons really stressful and thus speaking is a difficult skill to master. Many students , after studying English for years ,have left school without being able to speak an intelligible sentence . Therefore, in this writing I would like to tell you how to improve the students’ speaking skills while teaching English so that we can help students to improve their speaking skills. But first of all, I would like to introduce something about the teaching and learning environment of the place where I teach.