Interaction In Speaking English Language Essay

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THE ROLE OF
INTERACTION IN SPEAKING LEARNING CLASS
TSANIYATUS SILVI R.
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ABSTRACT
During teaching and learning activity, teacher as students’ mediator of communication should know how to encourage students so that they have good oral production. In speaking class, the use of interaction is needed in order to augment learners’ speaking ability. The attempt of this paper is to investigate the role of interaction in speaking learning class. The interaction includes the communication through conversation and communication games such as information-gap games and TV and radio games. The use of mother tongue is also play important role in encouraging students to learn more English as they feel unthreatened in the class activity. In addition, …show more content…

Those four skills are related and have their own role for learners to learn the language. When students are learning the language, they are aimed to use it for communication. Abott (1992) explained the communication as “Passing information to somebody” which means that learners should be able to speak to others to transfer the information. In his book, Abbot (1992) stated that, “The more you try to motivate them … the more eager they will be to communicate”. Therefore, the use of interaction in speaking class is needed in order to augment learners’ speaking ability. Schweers Jr (1999) research proved that L1 is useful to construct better understanding and to have better interaction in class.
In this paper, the author examines how the interaction during the speaking learning class. The interaction is related with teaching conversation and communication games. The verbal and non-verbal techniques are also examined to help teacher deliver the communication in the class effectively. Moreover, the use of mother tongue in the English classroom can also give secure feeling towards the students which leads to the improvement of the interaction in the speaking

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