USING PAIR WORK TECHNIQUE IN TEACHING SPEAKING AT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Wuri Yulitrinisya; Don Narius

doi:10.24036/jelt.v7i1.8477

USING PAIR WORK TECHNIQUE IN TEACHING SPEAKING AT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Wuri Yulitrinisya⁽¹⁾, Don Narius⁽²⁾,
(1) Universitas Negeri Padang

Indonesia
(2) Universitas Negeri Padang

Indonesia

Corresponding Author
Copyright (c) 2018 Journal of English Language Teaching

DOI : https://doi.org/10.24036/jelt.v7i1.8477

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Abstract

Many people may find some difficulties to share their ideas or opinion through oral language. Even though they have something to speak, they do not know how to express it. They also have problems related to lack of participation and low motivation in speaking. Therefore, a teacher should select the best technique that can encourage students and increase their motivation to speak. The teacher can use “Pair Work” to teach English speaking. This technique demands students to be active to speak based on the material has been given. Through this technique, students should practice to speak in order to give agreeing and disagreeing opinion. By apliying this technique in speaking class, it will make the class fun and interesting. The objective of this paper is to explain how to use pair work technique in teaching speaking to junior high school students.

Keywords

Pair Work, Speaking, Junior High School

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