Reasons behind students' poor speaking skills
From my viewpoint as a teacher and as a researcher, the
following are among these reasons of why students tend to bepassive listeners rather than active learnersin the
oral English class
1. Lack of confidence
2. The psychological pressure of making mistakes in
the presence of their classmates
3. The feeling of having nothing to say on the subject
4. Lack of appropriate language
5. lack of practice in conventions of
conversational interaction
When you ask your students to speak, they
themselves have many worries, like
1. What if my vocabulary or grammar is
not as good as his/hers?
2. What if I can not think of anything to say?
3. What if I can not find the proper word?
4. What if I look silly or sound dumb?
5. What if the teacher and everyone in the
class are judging me?
6. In short …….. what if I fail?
There is another reason, as I think, that cause students'
inhibition to speak. This reason is our community culture
In our schools, students are usually taught to be
quiet and respectfully listen to the teacher
However, this is not what we want to teach students
We want them to ask for help if they do not understand
We want them express themselves and exchange
their ideas freely without worry
Actually, we can do this if we provide our students
with appropriate activities and games
that make them want to speak
Now, let me ask you
What are these activities and games that can
contribute to the solution of this problem?
I wait your suggestions
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