Technology to Teach Speaking (3rd Journal TLL)

            In my opinion, speaking is one of the most important things as a standard to measure successful acquire second language or not, because with this way we can know fluency, accuracy and pronunciation somebody when they speak in second language. So, that is why into teaching and learning objectives, the students expected to be able speaking fluency especially for daily life. Acquire learning speaking not only we get from text books, but also we can learn using technology, like software, social networks even with native speakers. Based on Swain theory (1985) about comprehension input, he said that we needed comprehensible input to produced comprehensible output, so it was balance. Actually, Swain means that if you speak in your second language (L2) and unconsciously you make some mistakes and your interlocutors revise what you said before, you should receive your interlocutor’s feedback and make it right in order that you understand what you would say.

            Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) is the best method for this approach to teaching speaking skill students. Why? Because that method encourage the students to be more active and involved into all of class activities especially for communicate each other’s. CLT can provide discussion group, role play, asking question or conversation in daily life. So, all of things can be united into CLT.

Based on my experienced what I have in SSE, I have learn speaking skill with the good way, like watched movie, heard a music, role play or microteaching. All of those things used a technology to make it easier. For example, you always use computer or laptop to make your assignment in Microsoft office or make a movie in Movie maker project or communicate in Skype. So, that is why I told you before technology are our requirement nowadays, sometimes we tend to rely on technology to all of business. But the most important thing is being positive, because with technology we can learn more deeply about something included speaking skills. 

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