Journal of English Language Teaching Innovations and Materials (Jeltim)
Vol 1, No 1 (2019): April 2019

Getting learners to speak in the (Indonesian) ELT classroom

Timmis, Ivor (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
21 Apr 2019

Abstract

Despite realising the importance of acquiring good speaking skill, English teachers in Indonesia find that it is challenging to get their learners to speak during classes. Potential reasons for reticence are: their lack of vocabulary, dependency of L1 translation, and tendency to give short answers. Therefore, it is crucial to provide the teachers with practical techniques that they can use in their daily teaching to address this reticence. By providing scaffolding to the speaking activities, which includes how to structure the speaking activities and prepare the learners before the activities, the teacher can make speaking tasks more productive for learners. Moreover, the amount of scaffolding can be adjusted to suit the characteristics and needs of the learners to create better and lasting impact.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

JELTIM

Publisher

Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Other

Description

JELTIM focuses on publishing research articles on innovations and materials in English language teaching. We can accept genuine works on ELT methodologies, curriculum and syllabus, materials, media, computer-based innovations, internet-based interactions, and blended teaching and learning. We ...