Abstract
<p style="text-align:justify">Speaking is considered as a challenging skill to improve as it is a productive one which requires the learners to be unique and creative in the way they express themselves. Therefore, teaching speaking takes the attention of the researchers in the field of English language teaching. Therefore, the way “speaking” was integrated into the curriculum of a School of Foreign Languages in one of the state universities in Istanbul was investigated by the researcher to find out whether the speaking component of the program helped students improve their oral language proficiency and to learn both efficiency and sufficiency of it from the perspectives of the students as well as the instructors in that institution. For this purpose, eight students within the program were taken into five different speaking tests in five different weeks sequentially and were interviewed by the researcher afterwards. Additionally, six students who had taken this program of the school previously and were taking their departmental courses at the time of the study were also interviewed to give them the chance to reflect back on their past experiences as learners who applied the knowledge they had acquired from this school. Six different instructors working in this institution were also interviewed. One of them was also observed in her real class environment. Results showed that the program was found “efficient” in some aspects such as the importance given to “speaking” but there were some points that needed consolidation just like the materials.</p>
Highlights
English is a language which is spoken by several countries either as their native tongue or as an official language
The way “speaking” was integrated into the curriculum of a School of Foreign Languages in one of the state universities in Istanbul was investigated by the researcher to find out whether the speaking component of the program helped students improve their oral language proficiency and to learn both efficiency and sufficiency of it from the perspectives of the students as well as the instructors in that institution
Pronunciation is an inevitable part of the speaking skill which can be completed with a perfect articulation (Leeds, 2003)
Summary
English is a language which is spoken by several countries either as their native tongue or as an official language Along with this, it is used as a lingua franca by almost all of the countries in the world as a language that maintains the bonds and connections between different nation states because it has become an international/global language (Crystal, 2001; Pennycook, 1995; Phillipson, 1992; Widdowson, 1997). Doğan (2009) confirms that people need to speak properly so as to express themselves, to have a place in the society, to give some information about a specific topic and to share ideas and emotions with others that are part of the community This shows the importance of speaking a language accurately and fluently whether it is a foreign language or your mother tongue so as to be a human being
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