Abstract
Teaching English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in Indonesia presents special challenges. One of the major reasons is the lack of social contexts that make it possible for students to use their English skills. Students learn English formally in classes with limited hours provided by the curriculum, while outside classes they have very limited exposure and use of the language in their immediate environment. As argued by Renandya (2007) and Soliman (2014), formal instruction in EFL classes is often insufficient to gain maximum English proficiency. This is understandable as lessons afford students minimum opportunity to practise in real life, especially speaking. Speaking skills, however, can be developed with the support of other skills such as reading, writing, and listening.
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Rahmaningtyas, H., Febrianti, Y., Inayati, N. (2017). Using Student-Selected Texts in Speaking Classes. In: Mickan, P., Lopez, E. (eds) Text-Based Research and Teaching. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59849-3_16
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