Masaryk university, brno faculty of education

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MASARYK UNIVERSITY, BRNO 
FACULTY OF EDUCATION 
Department of English Language and Literature
 
Teaching Speaking in ESP Classrooms 
 
Bachelor thesis 
 
 
Brno 2014
 
 
 
 
Supervisor:
Written by: 
doc. Mgr. Světlana Hanušová, Ph.D. Martin Štěrba 

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Declaration 
I declare that I worked independently on this thesis and used only the sources stated in 
bibliography.
Prohlášení 
Prohlašuji, že jsem bakalářskou práci zpracoval samostatně a použil jen prameny uvedené v 
seznamu literatury.
Brno, 17th April 2012 
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Martin Štěrba 
 

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Acknowledgements 
I would like to express my deepest gratitude to my supervisor, doc. Mgr. Světlana Hanušová, 
Ph.D. for her interesting ideas, all the help and valuable advice, her encouragement, friendly 
approach and above all for her endless patience. 
I would also like to thank to the students from Higher College of Education in Economics and 
Nursing and Secondary School in Boskovice for their time and effort spent with me on my 
project. 

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Content 
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 1 
1. 
Teaching Speaking in a Foreign Language ....................................................................................... 3 
1.1. 
Learning and Teaching a Foreign Language ............................................................................ 3 
1.2 The Role of a Teacher in an ELT Classroom ................................................................................... 4 
1.3 Fluency vs. Accuracy in Developing Speaking Skills ...................................................................... 5 
1.4 Teacher Talking Time vs. Student Talking Time ............................................................................ 7 
2. Communicative Approach in Teaching Speaking ................................................................................ 8 
2.1 History of Communicative Language Teaching ............................................................................. 9 
2.2 Principles and Features of Communicative Language Teaching ................................................. 11 
3. Specifics of Teaching Speaking in ESP classrooms ............................................................................ 13 
3.1 Defining English for Specific Purposes ........................................................................................ 13 
3.2 Course design .............................................................................................................................. 16 
3.3 The Role of a Teacher in an ESP Classroom ................................................................................. 18 
4. Practical part...................................................................................................................................... 19 
4.1 Research Aims and Questions ..................................................................................................... 19 
4.2 Research Context ......................................................................................................................... 20 
4.3 Research Sample - Students ........................................................................................................ 21 
4.4 Research Methods and Procedure .............................................................................................. 22 
5. Speaking Activities ............................................................................................................................. 23 
5.1 Aims of the Activities ................................................................................................................... 23 
5.2 General Outline for Individual Activities ..................................................................................... 24 
5.3 Individual Activites ...................................................................................................................... 26 
5.3.1 Guess the Word .................................................................................................................... 26 
5.3.2 Itineraries ............................................................................................................................. 28 
5.3.3 Dubbing 
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 At the Reception ................................................................................................. 31 
5.3.4 Role-play ............................................................................................................................... 34 
5.3.5 Boardgame ........................................................................................................................... 36 
5.3.6 A Deserted Island Dilemma .................................................................................................. 39 
5.3.7 Round Table .......................................................................................................................... 41 
5.3.8 Advertisement 
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 The Message ............................................................................................. 44 
6. Questionnaire Survey Results ............................................................................................................ 47 
6.1 Evaluation of the Statements ...................................................................................................... 47 
6.2 Evaluation of Activities ................................................................................................................ 49 
6.3 Evaluation of Open Questions ..................................................................................................... 50 

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Conclusion ............................................................................................................................................. 53 
Bibliography ........................................................................................................................................... 54 
Appendices ............................................................................................................................................ 56