Developing Speaking Skills through TBLT

Abstract

Out of all the four basic skills, Speaking is regarded as the most active skill. To achieve good speaking skill, it takes tireless efforts along with a good amount of strong determination and a regular and religious practice as well. Unlike other three basic skills, it can be acquired in an informal setting. But the one learnt in an informal setting renders less
effectiveness, whereas the one learnt in a formal setting has a long standing-effect. Speaking not only involves a mere utterance, but also tone, intonation, and stress patterns etc.
Mastering these prosodic features is a tough task. It takes a considerably long time for a non-native speaker of English to speak like a native speaker. Notwithstanding being learnt in a formal situation, a host of segmental as well as supra-segmental features of the L1 retain in the target language. This is well known as a Mother Tongue Influence (MTI hereafter). MTI can be checked by regular and frequent practice. The paper will look into different issues involved with MTI which hinder develop
good speaking skill. It will also give an insight how to develop Speaking skills through Task Based Language Teaching approach.