<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The present time places considerable demands on the process of foreign language education both in the field of communication and information transfer. Teachers, occupying a pivotal role in this process, are not able to proceed with simple, lay approaches and methods. It has become more and more important to apply sophisticated approaches and methods in teaching which are based on primary and secondary researches. This paper discusses the Dynamic Model of Speech Production as a specific approach to EFL teaching. Furthermore, the application of activating methods in the process of teaching English as a foreign language is examined from the standpoint of gender, country, length of teaching practice, and type of university. The data was collected using a questionnaire about the use and the frequency of occurrence of activating methods, which was completed by 82 university teachers from the Slovak Republic and the Czech Republic.</p></abstract>

The present time places considerable demands on the process of foreign language education both in the field of communication and information transfer. Teachers, occupying a pivotal role in this process, are not able to proceed with simple, lay approaches and methods. It has become more and more important to apply sophisticated approaches and methods in teaching which are based on primary and secondary researches. This paper discusses the Dynamic Model of Speech Production as a specific approach to EFL teaching. Furthermore, the application of activating methods in the process of teaching English as a foreign language is examined from the standpoint of gender, country, length of teaching practice, and type of university. The data was collected using a questionnaire about the use and the frequency of occurrence of activating methods, which was completed by 82 university teachers from the Slovak Republic and the Czech Republic.

Development of Foreign Language Speaking Skills through the Application of the Dynamic Model of Speech Production and Activating Methods

Journal of Language and Cultural Education

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The present time places considerable demands on the process of foreign language education both in the field of communication and information transfer....

Development of Foreign Language Speaking Skills through the Application of the Dynamic Model of Speech Production and Activating Methods

Published Online: Sep 18, 2018

Page range: 17 - 36

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jolace-2018-0002

Keywords
foreign language, target language, foreign language teaching, communicative competence, activating methods

© 2018 Adriana Pčolinská, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Development of Foreign Language Speaking Skills through the Application of the Dynamic Model of Speech Production and Activating Methods

Published Online: Sep 18, 2018

Page range: 17 - 36

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jolace-2018-0002

Keywordsforeign language, target language, foreign language teaching, communicative competence, activating methods

© 2018 Adriana Pčolinská, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
foreign language, target language, foreign language teaching, communicative competence, activating methods