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class report about a school trip, conducting a class debate,
making a sales presentation, and giving a lecture.
Talk as performance has several main features as follows:
1) There is a focus on both message and audience.
2) It reflects organization and sequencing.
3) Form and accuracy is important.
4) Language is more like written language.
5) It is often mono-logic.
Some of the skills involved in using talk as performance are:
1) Using an appropriate format.
2) Presenting information in an appropriate sequence.
3) Maintaining audience engagement.
4) Using correct pronunciation and grammar.
5) Creating an effect on the audience.
6) Using appropriate vocabulary.
7) Using appropriate opening and closing.
10. The Kinds of Speaking Activities
To help students develop communicative efficiency in
speaking, there are some activities used in the classroom to
promote the development of speaking skills in our learners. The
discussions below centers on the major types of speaking activities
that can be implemented as follows:
a. Discussion
Discussion is probably the most commonly used in the
speaking skills classroom activity (Murcia, 2001: 106). It is a
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