Principles of Designing Speaking Strategies in a Second Language Classroom

Language has its own set of rules for speaking and writing in a proper way. Speaking in a person’s
native language well and accurate is a challenging task, but acquiring the speaking skill in a second
language requires more effort, commitment and practice. Speaking a second language is an important
skill for every modern student. Classroom is a learning place or environment where the learning
process takes place. Classroom teaching refers to the wide variety of skills and techniques that the
teacher used to keep the students into organized, orderly, focused and attentive person on task and
develop the speaking ability to them. A teacher is one who interacts with students and the role model
of them. Teacher is a person who supports the students when they need help. The teacher acts the
roles of a resource person, an instructor, mentor, helping hand to the students and finally a learner
forever. The learners clearly feel that classroom based speaking practice prepared them for the real
world and the teacher is the guide to achieve that goal. Spoken language is both interactional and
transactional. When teaching the spoken language is based on the performances in a classroom, the
main focus on teaching longer transactional turns into interactional outcome. Making the learners to
be the master of spoken language, the teacher follows certain principles and strategies. The basic
truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behavior is known as
principle. The act or process of taking an action or work in a successful way is known as performance.
This paper mainly deals with the basic principles for designing the classroom speaking techniques
and the types of classroom speaking performances of the students by their teachers.