The Practice of Teaching Speaking Skills at Ayertena Secondary School
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2011-07
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Abstract
The main objective of this study is to d escribe the classroom practice of teaching
speaking skills in govemment high schools, especially in grade nine. The
researcher focus ed mainly on the teachers ' role, s tudents' role, the techniques
and procedures used by the teachers, the resources used to teach speaking skills
and the way students s it in the classroom.
To gather information on the above main objectives various Instl1.11nents were
used. These are: classroom observation. studellts ยท and teachers' illteruiew,
s tudents' questionnaire, tape and video recordings.
The data were categorized and descriptively analyzed. The findings depicted
that inappropriate speaking techniques and procedures were used in the
mentioned grade level. Teachers were observed us ing the traditiollal way of
teaching speaking which is dominated by reading model dialogues aloud. There
has been little or no time given for the modem sp eaking skills teaching
techniques such as group and pair discussions, oral report, drama, panel
discussions and interviews.
The consequences of inappropriate spealcing practices used has res ulted ill the
weak p erformance of the students in oj speaking. To that end, this research
paper provides recommendations that could bring about a change in the practice
of teaching and leaming speaking in, the grade leuel s tudied so that CUlTent
techniques and procedures oj teaching speaking could be employed.
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teaching speaking skills