TEACHING SPEAKING THROUGH DEBATE

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ABSTRACT

Background of the problem is that Student often think that English is difficult to learn. They do not understand how to speak English well. In addition, they are afraid of making a mistake in speaking English. They always think about structure when they are going to speak. They are confused with how to use simple present tense, simple past tense, future tense, present perfect tense, etc. So, they choose to keep silent better than to try practice. Based on the reality described above and the final goal of teaching and learning process in language, teacher should find a technique to make their students able to speak in the target language. The writer is interested to discuss about teaching speaking through debate as the effective way to improve and increase student motivation in speaking English. Because, in debate student will face contrary views about a topic in which their perspective is different from each other’s. So, they must tell and support their opinion. It can be concluded that teaching speaking through debate can increase the students’ self-confidence.

Key words: Teaching Speaking, Debate.