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P u b l i s h e d b y :
T R A N S A s i a n R e s e a r c h J o u r n a l s
AJMR:
A s i a n J o u r n a l o f
M u l t i d i m e n s i o n a l
R e s e a r c h
( A D o u b l e B l i n d R e f e r e e d & R e v i e w e d I n t e r n a t i o n a l J o u r n a l )
TYPES OF SPEAKING ACTIVITIES AND THE IMPORTANCE OF
THEIR IMPLEMENTATION WITHIN THE CLASSROOM
Rkhulova Dilafruz Abdusobir qizi*
*Philology faculty,
Uzbekistan State World Languages University,
UZBEKISTAN
ABSTRACT
This article reveals the variety of speaking activities and classifies them into three main types of
communicative tasks. Moreover, it discusses the ways how teachers use the activities provided
on the course book. It shows the significance of using speaking tasks in English classrooms
suggesting some criteria in choosing and adapting the activities for certain groups of learners.
The information given in this article is mostly based on the works of such researches as Richards
and Renandya(2002), Legutke and Thomas(2014), and Goh and Burns(2012).
KEYWORDS: Communication-gap tasks, discussion tasks, monologic tasks, implementing
speaking activities, adapting speaking tasks, authenticity, developing aim.
INTRODUCTION
It has become clear that English language teaching requires a focus on teaching the language
rather than teaching about the language, therefore, the communicative approach has been
dominating for the last decades (Finney, 1996; cited in Richards and Renandya, 2002). Hence,
the nature of language syllabuses made a move from grammar-based to communicative
(Richards and Renandya, 2002). Today, most language course books, which is the main source
of activities for language teachers, are designed based on the communicative approach (Legutke
and Thomas, 2014).
However, the activities in published course books may have limitations, such as, insufficient
emphasis on teaching communication strategies, a lack of authenticity, and disregarding
students` needs (McCarthy and O`Keefe, 2004). Speaking activities in language classrooms
occur randomly or incidentally, unlike in the case of other skills; and very often they do not have
any particular developing aim (Goh and Burns, 2012). The speaking activities provided in course
books are ‘raw’, - as Scrivener (2011) describes them – and need further development by the
teacher. The course book planners create the topics and tasks according to their understanding of
how language units are connected (Harmer, 2007), while teachers can always manipulate them,
adopting the certain activities according to their students` needs and interests.
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