A STUDY ON TEACHING SPEAKING
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
In this chapter, the researcher presents seven topics related to this research. Those include background of the research, statement of the research problems, objectives of the research, significance of the research, scope and limitation of the research, definition of key terms.
A. Background of the Research
Language is an instrument to express an idea, opinion, mind, and feeling. Current in Diane Larsen (1986) describe that language is for communication. Moreover, nowadays, language is supposed to be important to be learned in all countries in the world. Almost all of the countries in the world use English as the second or become the foreign language. English is one of the important languages that must be mastered in the international communications.
There are four skills that must be mastered in teaching learning English, there are listening, writing, reading, and speaking. The most important one of them is speaking. Ur (1991: 120) states “Of all the four skills, speaking is considered to be able to be the most important skill. Learning speaking becomes the greatest interest for foreign language learners”. Besides, Richards (2002:201) states “A large percentage of the world’s language learners study English in order to develop proficiency in speaking”. In short, the ability of English is measured by its result in speaking skill or oral communication. Speaking is one of the four language skills which should be develop in teaching English in line with Hedges??????????????
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