1. Reasons of teaching speaking skill.
- Produce the English speech sounds and sound patterns.
- Use word and sentence stress, intonation pattern and the rhythm of the second language.
- Select appropriate words and sentences according to the proper social setting, audience, situation and subject matters.
- Organize their thoughts in a meaningful and logical sequence.
- Use language as means of expressing values and judgements.
- Use the language quickly and confidently with few unnatural pauses, which is called as fluency.
2. Components of speaking
- Production of stress and intonation pattern,
- Articulation and production of sound and sound sequence,
- Connected speech,
- Communication skill, and
- Phatic communion - establish the social interaction like hey!, how are you?, isn't it?, nice to meet you.
3. Features of a successful speaking activity
- Learners talk a lot,
- Participation of learner and teacher is even,
- Motivation is high, and
- Language is of an acceptable level.
To sum up
In a successful speaking activity the learners are more active than the teacher, there is an equal participation of all the learners, the learners are highly motivated and the language is of an acceptable level.