Exposition Text

“How to encourage English Department Students to speak English

more often and confidently”

Speaking English is a difficult thing that can be done by some people especially if the person is difficult to understand the lesson about English. However, it is not unusual anymore for English Department student to speak English. As an English Department student should be accustomed to speak English in the environment within the campus and outside the campus. Speaking English for students of English Department has also become a liability because of their chosen program study and their responsibilities as well. However, not a few students who are still difficult to speak English even still not confident to speak English in public. There are several reasons why some students of English study program find it difficult to speak English.

First, some students often find it difficult to say word for word correctly and clearly. They are often wrong in pronunciation and lack articulation so they lack confidence in their own words. Another difficulty experienced by students of English study program is the lack of vocabulary that they have. If we want to speak something using English but we do not know English from that word then we will difficult to speak English.

Second, feeling lazy. Lazy is always attached in the life especially the students. Not a few students of English Department who feel lazy to learn to speak English even practice to speak English. They think hard first before trying it. The lack of self-confidence of themselves also makes it difficult for them to try to speak English even to their own friends. Feelings of fear are wrong is another thing that usually makes English Department students difficult to speak in English. Starting from thinking wrong afraid to not want to try and continuously as it makes students difficulty in speaking. So never want to try and just silent as a passive student.

All these things can be solved with some of the solutions below. However, the main thing that needs to be done to change all that is from yourself. Intend to focus more in college and study courses and practice to speak English. Because if only because of coercion will make science is useless. There are several ways to make students majoring in English to speak more often and more confident of them are:

•        Give motivation to those who think English is difficult. Convince them if speaking English is not as difficult as they imagine. Encourage them to practice speaking English to make them more confident and passionate about practicing.
•       Habituate to communicate in English in school. Try every day in order to improve the ability to speak better and smoothly
•       Get used to communicating with close friends using English as often as possible because students usually talk more with close friends than others.
•        Join an online club that uses English in it. If you are embarrassed to know people, you can change your profile to a stranger. So, we will be more accustomed to speak English without our faces known. It can also increase confidence in speaking English to others even new people.
•     Reading English reading. Get used to reading novels, stories or fairy tales that use English to multiply our vocabulary. With so many vocabularies we have, we are able to speak English in public with confidence. No shortage of topics and can add insight also in reading.
•    Often listen to English-speaking songs. Usually people will more easily remember  something by listening, like listening to a song. They will be more familiar with the lyrics than they read the lyrics. Practice pronunciation by listening to English songs and trying to sing the lyrics.
•     Often also to watch English-language videos and pay attention to the way they speak. You can also learn how to speak English well by looking at the speech of an American. Listen clearly to their pronunciation and practice as often as possible so that our pronunciation will be better.
•       Do not forget to see the dictionary to see the correct and clear pronunciation. Initially it was hard to speak with a really clear pronunciation. However, if you train more often it will be easier and more fun.