The Forum provides teachers in the Southeast Asian region a platform for sharing ideas about language teaching and learning. Through the Forum, we can share the problems and solutions we have found in our own teaching situations with teachers from our own countries and with those from other countries in the region. Each of our countries is different but we also have some areas in common. In this understanding, we can learn from each other.
Dear All, When I stated that some teachers -like Dobson ever mentioned- treat speaking class as a step child, it does not mean that it is because of the
Dear All, I strongly agree with Mr Anas that there should be a balance of the time allotted for teaching speaking and writing skills. However, there are
Dear Dr. Anas Yasin and All, It is an interesting topic to discuss. Both speaking and writing are the productive skill the students should master. It should be
Dear all, In Indonesian context, the competence standards were developed based on the "peraturan pemerintah" no 15 regarding language education. It says that
Dear Dr Anas, Actually I was a bit surprised, but happy to know that in your region teachers emphasize teaching the speaking skill more than the writing