Abstract

Helping language learners to develop a satisfying language proficiency is considered one of the top priorities that the language teachers often concern themselves with. In relation to this, a great attention is given by both, teachers and learners to speaking proficiency because speaking is in fact a crucial part of the language learning process. Learners of English as a foreign language often encounter difficulty in learning English, especially when it comes to learning to speak which forms a great obstacle in communicating their messages and needs in English. The present paper tries to answer the question of how to teach speaking in English in doing so, it provides a detailed account of how this skill is addressed in the teaching material in the communicative approach which is currently followed in the Iraqi schools: primary, intermediate and secondary. It explains as well the roles of both, the teacher and the learner during the teaching process. It also shows that the learning process cannot be completed without the evaluation the learners through testing so as to measure the learners’ achievement and understanding.