A Case Study on Male and Female Lecturers’ Strategies in Teaching Speaking Skill at Tertiary Education Context

Abstract

This study aims at exploring lecturers’ strategies in teaching speaking skill at university context. The participants were one male lecturer and one female lecturer. The data were collected by conducting observations and interviews. The research findings showed Lecturer A focused the class on accuracy while lecturer B encouraged the students to speak smoothly without too much hesitation and confidence which is related to fluency. The strategies used by the lecturers to promote speaking activity successfully were talking a lot as much as possible of allocated time given, the students is not dominated by the talkative participation in the class, encourage students to be motivated. The students are interested to talk on the given topics. Therefore, it can be concluded that those lecturers have their own ways to apply five speaking strategies which are associated with the level of students and the class environment.