PRACTICAL TECHNIQUES TO IMPROVE THE ROMANIAN PRONUNCIATION AND SPEAKING FLUENCY OF THE FOREIGN STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE PREPARATORY YEAR
PRACTICAL TECHNIQUES TO IMPROVE THE ROMANIAN PRONUNCIATION AND SPEAKING FLUENCY OF THE FOREIGN STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE PREPARATORY YEAR

Summary/Abstract: The term “speaking fluency” is linked to the meaning of “communication” (Harmer, 2007: 142). Speaking fluency in a foreign language is, thus, that the ability to use the language naturally and effectively for spontaneous communication. Foreign students’ reluctance to speaking Romanian in the classroom at the Preparatory Year Program is the problem addressed by the current research paper. If students do not feel confident enough, they are not very eager to engage in class conversation, and, subsequently do not find it easy to perform the communicative activities. This paper aims to suggest a range of practical techniques that can be used to deal with the addressed problem. The teachers should adapt these techniques to suite their class situation. Apart from the general competences of language learners (empirical and academic knowledge), which vary from individual to individual, the paper also took into account the whole class ability to comply with communicative tasks.

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