Speaking

English has become part of human’s life. Many people around the world use English as their communication language. Its existence as an international language has very important role in many aspects of human’s life such as politics, social, culture, education, and soon. This condition has encouraged many countries in the world to put English as a subject in their education curriculum. In Indonesia, English as a foreign language has become an important subject that has to be taught in some levels of education. According to 2013 Curriculum, students in Elementary School do not require to study English. However, English becomes a compulsory subject in Junior High School, Senior High School, and University.

In learning English, there are four skills of language that should be mastered by the students. They are speaking, writing, listening, and reading. Speaking is one of the important skill in English. We cannot communicate well if we do not know how to speak in proper way in English. That's way learning speaking has become the greatest interest for those people who want to study English. Teacher probably needs some interesting tools that will help them to teach theirs students. One of them is by using ICT. Here are some ways to use ICT in teaching speaking:

• VIDEOS. The use of audio with video makes it more appealing and motivating to learners. Videos are a powerful tool because they provide not only context, but also authenticity, motivation, interest and confidence, the sociolinguistic and pragmatic level of language, nonverbal features, such as gestures and body language, active involvement and participation, and real vocabulary acquisition. (Blasco, 2009).
• PODCASTS. They are also an invaluable tool to develop oral skills. Podcasts, also known as vlog, Vodcasts or Podchips if they use video, or audioblogs if only audio is used, are audio recordings on any topic that interests you, and that can also include music.
• VoIP tools. But it is not until the fourth generation of online learning (1990-2000), also called Flexible Learning model, when VoIP (voice over IP) is introduced as a way of managing the delivery of information over the Internet. Using this protocol, we can talk about oral interaction in real-time, although limited by the quality of Service and the ITSP (Internet telephony service provider).

For further information, here are some links to deepen your knowledge about using ICT in teaching speaking:

• https://palomacli.wordpress.com/useful-tools-in-developingimproving-oral-skills-listening-and-speaking-with-the-help-of-ict/
• https://sites.google.com/a/myport.ac.uk/learning-using-ict/lee/speaking-skill
• https://www.slideshare.net/etpaula/tpck-use-of-ict-to-teachimprove-the-speaking-of-english

Here is an example of teaching speaking by using ICT to improve communication skill

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0Ti4gOQt_Y