USING APPLICATION TO ENHANCE SPEAKING FLUENCY

Written by: Muniarti in the 59th TEFLIN International Conference 2012Presented by: Desi Puspasari

POINTS TO DISCUSS I. BACKGROUND II. THEORITICAL

BACKGROUND III. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY IV. FINDINGS V. CONCLUSION VI. SUGGESTION

I. BACKGROUND

AIM: To find an effective way of teaching basic English for two Japanese young students

Sandeford & Sandier (1998)“ Teaching English cannot be

separated from the uses of computer technology.”

QUESTION How do offline applications downloaded at smart phone enhance the speaking fluency of Japanese young students?

II. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK

Def. of Speaking Fluency (Sekhen) quoted by Ellis (2012)

“The concerns the learners capacity to produce language in real time without hesitation.”

Def. of Hesitation (Wiera) quoted by Ellis (2012 p. 488)“ Variables relating to linguistic features that disturb the smooth flow of speech.”

HESITATIONFilled pausesRepetition Correction

III. RESEARCH METHODOLOGYSetting: in Jakarta, 2012Who: the participants were two

Japanese young learner, while the researcher was Indonesian Teacher

How long: 3 meetingsTeaching Procedure

TEACHING PROCEDURESPresentation Stage

Practice Stage

Production Stage

IV. FINDINGSPractice Stage

The students do the filled pauses in 2nd meeting

Repetition and the corrections, the occurrence is 0 %

After responding the first question, the students did not make as many hesitation as the first time

IV. FINDINGS Production StageNo filled pauses and repetitionThe correction is less than 10%After the first performance, the

number of hesitation is reduced.

V. CONCLUSIONThe Application has proven in enhancing the speaking fluency

It will help the teacher to explain the target language & new vocabularies

VI. SUGGESTIONS

The teacher should choose the ones which are up-to-date

The teacher should conduct a simple needs analysis before teaching.