¿CÓMO MEJORAR LA EXPRESIÓN ORAL EN EL AULA?
HOW TO IMPROVE ORAL EXPRESSION IN THE CLASSROOM?

Summary/Abstract: When communicating orally a person puts into practice his communicative competence: knowledge, skills, abilities, communicative strategies, thoughts, feelings. Communicating is not simply a message(s) transmission, but also the ability to listen and understand the interlocutors. Speaking correctly, keeping in mind linguistic, pragmatic, sociolinguistic, sociocultural, affective aspects, is an art. Learning this art is not the subject of a single course, but of all the disciplines that are studied. In foreign language class is even more difficult because the language barrier intervenes. In addition, teachers' reticence to bring oral expression to the classroom is known, and students are afraid to speak in another language, in front of teachers and classmates. However, with good class preparation, with clearly established objectives, with a diversity of activities designed according to the objectives of the class, the needs of the students and in accordance with their abilities and their personality, with a little training, this fear can become a challenge and be translated by the active participation of the students and a positive attitude, which contributes to the good development of the class. But how to manage all this?In the article titled "How to improve oral expression in the classroom?" we are going to answer this question through some didactic, theoretical and practical considerations, various strategies and techniques, a long range of activities that can be done in class, to help teachers to effectively manage a class of oral expression, creating in the classroom a pleasant atmosphere and, at the same time, propitious to work. We are going to demonstrate that it is possible to transform these classes into a pleasant activity for both the teacher and the learner. The role of the teacher is essential. He must keep in mind the importance of permanently stimulating students, motivating them by addressing topics of interest, involving them in proposed activities, encouraging learning, in order for students to learn techniques and strategies to improve their skills, abilities to express themselves orally in another language, skills necessary to achieve a certain independence and to manage alone in new situations. But we are going to emphasize the importance of teaching learners how to learn to learn, in order to facilitate the teaching-learning process. This pragmatic approach facilitates the acquisition of communicative skills, necessary to improve oral expression.

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