ADOPTING TEACHING AND LEARNING METHODS IN EFL SPEAKING CLASS AT THE UNETI UNIVERISTY HA NOI

A great bulk of research on second language acquisition has agreed upon the fact that speaking is the most crucial part of language skill, thus should be integrated with listening, reading and writing rather than be taught separately (Peregoy & Boyle, 2001). However, the history of learning and teaching languages has experienced numerous cases of failure in aiding students to successfully master speaking skill. Its rooted cause was blamed on the fact that students are not given an adequate amount of time and opportunities to interact with each other in class. Shumin (1997) concludes that communicating well in a second language requires learners a number of things, not just only a firm background of grammar and vocabulary. Those things may include great opportunities to be absorbed in an interactive second language environment.