Teaching speaking: developing speaking activities

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TEACHING SPEAKING: DEVELOPING SPEAKING ACTIVITIES
G.Mirkhodjaeva, the teacher of Humanitarian-Economical Sciences of Turin
polytechnic university in Tashkent
Abstract. This article deals with the ways of developing speaking skills. It
will be seen the facilities or difficulties to develop a high level of speaking
proficiency. As well as, the role of the teacher is in order to improve the learners’
skills, the features of oral communication that need to be improved and which
strategies have to been use to overcome the difficulties and the effective the
methods of teaching speaking. 
Keywords: speaking skills, classroom activities, English, language,
motivation, teacher, learner
Nowadays, the value of learning and teaching speaking is general, that
speaking is paramount, and it is difficult to overestimate it. Learners of all ages,
starting to study foreign language primarily want to learn speak the language. At
first, they should know the aims of target language speaking skills. As mentioned
in many resources speaking like any other skill are not formed themselves. For
formation and developing speaking skills, it must be used special activities and
exercises, focusing mainly on the development of the skills. (1)
So, what is speaking?
Speaking is "the process of building and sharing meaning through the use of
verbal and non-verbal symbols, in a variety of contexts" (2). Speaking is a crucial
part of second language learning and teaching. Despite its importance, for many
years, teaching speaking has been undervalued and English language teachers have
continued to teach speaking just as a repetition of drills or memorization of
dialogues. However, today's world requires that the goal of teaching speaking
should improve students' communicative skills, because, only in that way, students
can express themselves and learn how to follow the social and cultural rules
appropriate in each communicative circumstance.