Speaking Practice

This book is designed to provide short and achievable teaching ideas for lecturer. We have structured the book so that it encourages meaningful language use and real communication appropriate to undergraduate student. Through the activities organized in this book, we aim enable the student to think and to communicate in English so that as they acquire new language, develop strategies to communicate and able to apply this new knowledge to new situations.
This book consists of 14 units contains practice materials of speaking skill designed for undergraduate students. The topics have been carefully selected to motivate students to develop their competencies in speaking. This book also includes a wide range of activities and approaches designed to appeal to different personal learning styles. This book is designed to serve several purposes. The most essential goal is to equip students with knowledge about speaking English at post-intermediate level fluently, accurately, and acceptably using various language expressions in informal interaction setting. Students are trained to express ideas in informal context. The knowledge taught includes the language expressions used in informal interactions. To achieve this goal, the materials discussed in this course are focused on language expression of: (1) making small talk, (2) compliment, (3) likes and dislikes, (4) invitation, (5) gratitude, (6) asking people to wait, (7) asking and giving directions, (8) asking for help, (9) asking and giving opinion, (10) agreement and disagreement, (11) asking and giving advice and suggestion, (12) apology, (13) condolence, and (14) encouraging.