User:Somasaha

Teaching speaking

Teaching speaking is one of the big challenges in teaching English to young learners. There is no doubt that repetition in the speaking activities plays a vital role in teaching speaking to young learners as they are learning something new and have a tendency to forget as they do not get enough opportunities to practice the target language outside the classroom. However, we cannot absolutely deny Slatterly and Wills’ statement where they opine that children’s repetition of some fixed phrases do not indicate that they are learning the language. When they repeat some set phrases under the guidance of the teacher, they will not be able to say something of their own. They may get stuck to a particular sentence structure, so I think there should be proper balance between controlled and free speaking activities in a foreign language classroom. Absolutely!