Abstract
The issue of speaking proficiency among students has always been a concern. Studies have shared findings to say students lack proficiency that contributes to poor speaking skills. This study aims to explore and investigate the teaching practices and techniques of speaking skills among secondary school teachers in selected rural schools. This qualitative study was carried out with ten English teachers selected from several schools in a district in Kelantan. Data were collected and analysed based on classroom observations and interviews. The curriculum specifications and lesson plans were also studied. The findings showed that teachers still practised the traditional teacher-centred approach. The teachers were also highly dependable on textbooks as their teaching material. However, only a few teachers were found to have moved into innovative ways of teaching speaking skills. The investigation also found a variety of challenges faced by teachers in the teaching of speaking skills. On the whole, this paper suggests that teachers should be given ample opportunities to receive the necessary training to teach speaking skills effectively. Keywords : teaching practices; communicative language teaching; speaking skills; second language acquisition; communicative competence DOI : 10.7176/JEP/10-29-15 Publication date :October 31 st 2019
Highlights
English as the global language for communication has become an absolute necessity
Findings and Discussion The findings of the research focused on important elements to conceptualise and comprehend the fundamental issues found in response to the objectives of the research: to investigate the teaching practices and techniques for speaking skills employed by teachers and the challenges faced by them
The findings showed that most teachers agree to follow the Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) approach but they preferred a more traditional approach using non-authentic materials and employed non-communicative activities in the teaching of speaking skills in the classroom
Summary
English as the global language for communication has become an absolute necessity. In many parts of the globe, English education is playing a significant role especially in non-English speaking countries around the world. Many countries emphasise on the English language in their education system; this is evident in the Asian countries where the English language has become the main international language (Rose & McKinley 2018). In Malaysia, the national language is Bahasa Malaysia (BM) or the Malay language while English plays a significant role as the second language (L2) throughout the country. To be able to communicate effectively, the Ministry of Education (MOE) has made it compulsory for everyone to learn English at school starting from preschool to tertiary level. Teaching speaking skills is vital to improving students' communicative competence
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