Journal Article critique - 6

Citation: Boonkit, Komonpan. (2010). Enhancing the development of speaking skills for non-native speakers of English, Prkcedia Social and Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 2: 1035-1039.

     This journal article talks about how to improve speaking skills in EFL/ESL learners. The researcher stated that there are 3 key aspects to improve students' speaking skills, that are: the students' confidence,  the creatifity of tropics, and students' speaking competence. I do agree that three key aspects are important to improve the EFL/ESL sfudents' speaking skills.
     Actually, it is important for the students to speak english fluently and confidently, especially for the real communication with the native speaker. The biggest reason why they are unable to speak english confidently is they might be a lack of confidence in term about making mistakes or errors.
    To help the EFL/ESL learners improve their speaking skills, the researcher using a task-based approach.
    A task-based approach was conducted by David Nunan (2006). The researcher finding two research questions related to improve the students' speaking skill by using task-based approach l, that are: what factors help the EFL/ESL learners improve their speaking skills, and what ate the EFL/ESL learners' strengths and weaknesses in speaking english.
    However, there are a number of factors related to the students' speaking skills to be the effective english speaker, that are:  pronounciation, vocabullary, and collocation. I do agrer with the researcher that those factors could develop students speaking skills. If the students have correct pronounciation, vocabullary, and collocation, they can communicate effectively and also those factors can build the students' fluency in English. The creativity of topics can be the strength of the students in speaking english and the weaknesses are the errors or mistakes in pronounciation and grammar. Because, the pronounciation of words in English and the students' mother tongue are different it makes them get some difficulties in pronouncing the english words correctly, and also with the grammar. 
     To help the EFL /ESL learners being effective english speakers, the teacher should give them more practice related to the three main factors first. After they got the knowledge related to English the could practice their english over and over. So, they can decrease their errors or mistakea in speaking english.