Literature Review: Review Of Related Theories

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CHAPTER II
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

A. Review of Related Theories
1. Teaching Speaking Ability
Speaking is the process of building and sharing meaning through the use of verbal and non verbal symbols, in a variety of contexts (Chaney, 1998: 13). Kayi said what is meant by “teaching speaking is to teach ESL learners to: (1) produce the English speech sounds and sounds patterns; (2) use word and sentence stress, intonation patterns and the rhythm of the second language; (3) select appropriate words and sentences according to the proper social setting, audience, situation and subject matter; (4) organize their thoughts in a meaningful and logical sequence; (5) use language as a means of expressing values and judgments; and (6) use the language quickly and confidently with few unnatural pauses, which are called as fluency (Nunan, in Kayi, 2007: 1).
According to Martin Bygate (2000: 6), since speaking is a skill, there are two basic things that should be taken into account. The first is motor perceptive skill. It involves perceiving, recalling and articulating in the correct order sounds and structures of the language. And the second is interaction skill which is the skill to use knowledge and basic motor perceptive skills to achieve communication.

2. Techniques and Strategies for Teaching Speaking Ability
Communicative language teaching and collaborative learning serve best the students to learn to speak in the second language by interacting. Bygate states that teaching