TEACHING SPEAKING THROUGH 5-STEP METHOD

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Abstract

 

English as a language has an important role in communication and in bridging the connection with the world. Language is a key to success and has a central role in the intellectual, social, and emotional development of a person and also in learning every subject. Language is wished to be able to help the students to know themselves, their culture and other cultures, to express their ideas and feelings, to participate in the native-speaker society, and also to find and make use of their analytical and imaginative potentials. This article is meant to analyze various methods of English learning that are suitable and effective. By knowing the different methods of English learning, it is hoped to expand the knowledge and perception of the teachers and parents, and as a result, they would be able to apply the most suitable method for English learning, especially in early education. There are five methods of English learning that are acknowledged currently. They are teaching method by which the teacher attempts to develop students’ speaking ability through five sequential steps-one quick, assigning new partners in every lesson, dialogue practise, creating a variation of the dialogue, and communicative pair work. Each method will be explained further in this article, and hopefully the most proper and effective method can be chosen and applied wisely to the early childhood education.

 

Keywords : Teaching Speaking, 5-Step Method