FACTORS AFFECTING ORAL COMMUNICATION
Abstract
There are various factors teachers and students consider important for oral communication skills. The data showed that the students acknowledged two key factors that they found important for developing their speaking skills, i.e. the free choice of topics and discussions without having to consider “complete grammar”. Teachers expressed four key elements which they found important when fostering students’ oral communication skills: the classroom environment, the importance of vocabulary, the importance of topic selection, and the importance of being a good communicator.
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