TEACHING SPEAKING SKILLS IN COMMUNICATION CLASSROOM

Abstract

Language is first and foremost a spoken and not a written entity. Human beings talked and listened ages before there was anything for them to read. This is why it is said that in the long history of the human race, the invention of writing was an event of yesterday. Speaking is a major skill in communication. This review article highlights how the skill of speaking is taught in communication classroom; what are the prominent beliefs about the speaking skill; what are the principles of learning and teaching speaking skills; the different activities and tasks associated to enhance the communication skill and finally, how to teach pronunciation to the learners of communication.