When we ask someone if he or she are good at English or is able to communicate with others in English, we always ask like this, "Can you speak English?" instead of "Can you understnad English?" or "Can you listen to Engish ?" or "Can you write English?" It is because if you want to communicate with others, using language, "speaking" is widely considered as the most fundamental and integral part of all four skills-speaking, listening, reading and writing. For this reason, speaking is regarded as tremendously important in SLA. At this important jucture where "speaking" is on the top of the list, a question comes across everyone's mind.

Korean students tend to hesitate speaking up in English in the classroom. This seems to be one of the critical barriers to developing communication skills in class. How can teacher help them open up their mouth with no tension or any pressure?

I think all of this came from a lack of opportunities for speaking Engish in public during students' school lives. Teacher should give them chances