Response on learning speaking

My students are always proud of not knowing 26 letters in the alphabet. It seems to be normal that we couldn't expect them to speak in English. That should not be the case. We were born to speak our mother tongue before knowing how to write. So we should encourage our students to speak up because I always believe "Wrong answers are still good answers". Everyone makes mistakes. We should embrace our own difficulties and overcome them. Language lessons should not be boring. We should focus more to the communicative approach in speaking lessons because the forms and accuracy are sometimes the boundaries which restricts us from making trials. I always like talkative students, because they have loads of wonderful ideas in their mind. A language teacher is to guide them to connect all their ideas with correct meaning. Pidgin English and other varieties of English are still comprehensible. Sometimes my students dare not speak, not just because they are shy, but also they lack making ideas and are afraid of making mistakes. We should give them courage and build up their interests in learning a new language.

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