RECORDING TECHNIQUE: POSSIBLE APPLICATIONS IN TEACHING AND LEARNING SPEAKING SKILLS FOR EFL LEARNERS
Abstract
This article aims to introduce some ways of using Recording technique (RT) as an effective tool for error correction in teaching and learning speaking skills for EFL students, based on the improvement learners achieved from error correction executed with RT. From the pilot research, some findings have been revealed about the effectiveness of employing RT to correct speaking errors made by EFL (English as Foreign Languages) learners in speaking tasks. Clearly, RT has proven to be helpful to improve a lot of errors in different aspects of speaking skills. From those results, the author recognizes that RT, like other methods widely used in speaking classes so far in Vietnam, can be applied fruitfully either in the speaking classroom or in other kinds of practice in which speaking skills are required. Also, some advantages as well as disadvantages to enhance the effectiveness of using RT are also verified through the author’s observation and participants’ surveyed opinions.
Keywords: recording technique; error correction; teaching pronunciation; speaking skills.
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