Training and Improving Adults’ Speaking Skills
Training and Improving Adults’ Speaking Skills

Summary/Abstract: The present paper is intended to shed some light on one of the most difficult aspectsof teaching English as a second language, namely generating and stimulating thedevelopment of speaking abilities. Speaking is, for some people the easiest and themost natural way to express thoughts or feelings, but, for others it is a sort of a„burden”; such people feel more comfortable when they use the language just forbasic communication, not for an extensive source of externalization. Using a foreignlanguage adds an extra stress level for them. This doesn’t mean that those who findit easy to speak English, do it correctly. Speech errors may appear at the level ofgrammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, etc. However, these may be corrected in timeand may not rise obstacles if the meaning is understood by the interlocutor. Forintrovert people, the situation is not exactly the same. In their case, there is an extrabarrier that needs to be overcome: that of finding the right path to become morecommunicative. How is this possible, especially at an advanced age? How canteachers stimulate such students to become interested, fluent and more active? Isthere a unique solution or a flexible approach is the key?

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