Criticize the superiority of fluency over the accuracy.
I would like to start with the definition of both terms provided in my
topic. As we can read in oxford dictionary, fluency is the ability to speak or write a particular foreign language and to express oneself easily. In other words fluency is ability to read, speak or write easily, smoothly and expressively. Speaker can understand and respond in a language clearly and concisely while relating meaning and context. In contrast to that, accuracy is the ability to produce correct sentences using grammar and vocabulary. I strongly believe that the learning of a language is about communication. Fluency should be the main goal in teaching and it should be practiced right from the start. When youre first starting to speak in any foreign, its important to just get talking. You have to be brave enough to spit out the words, learn to pronounce them and start putting them together in sentences. When you start creating sentences, you will learn to become more accurate naturally. By using such activities as role play, discussions, debate, story making, interview and problem solving, teachers prepare their students to real life situations (when they will have to use foreign language). These activities help them to feel more comfortable and increase students self-confidence while talking to a foreigner. Language teachers who concentrate on fluency help their students to express themselves in fluent English. They pay more attention to meaning and context and are less concerned with grammatical errors. Students practice communication strategies to keep the conversation flowing. Errors do not matter. If the aim is to gain accuracy, activities focus more on eliminating errors by using correct grammar. Teachers who concentrate on accuracy help their students to produce grammatically correct written and spoken English. All in all, students are less motivated when they are constantly corrected by the teacher and have to concentrate on mistakes. It can lead to decline /dklan/ in motivation. (spadek motywacji) In contrary to accuracy, while learning fluency, students see the clear purpose of studying a foreign language. It increases their motivation. They can use words, phrases they have learned during English lessons. Students know what to say, to whom and when. According to Richards book, Communicative Language Teaching Today, we should focus on accuracy, because it: Reflect natural use of language Focus on achieving communication Require meaningful use of language Require the use of communication strategies
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Seek to link language use to context Taking everything into consideration both accuracy and fluency are important in teaching foreign language, but how can you correct a student (accuracy) if the student cant speak (fluency)? First teachers should concentrate on accuracy and then on accuracy.