Journal of English Language Teaching

Speak Your Thought Out (SYTO): A Project Initiative for Communicating in English

B. Zualiha Shakeel

Head, Department of English, TBAK College, Kilakarai

Keywords: Speak Your Thought Out, Communicative english

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Abstract

The paper aims to present the objectives, strategies and outcome of an initiative taken up by the department of English, TBAK College, Kilakarai, Tamil Nadu on the topic SYTO to train the students to speak in English fluently without any inhibition. The objectives of the project are to create recreational and consolidating opportunity for students to learn and practice oral English, and to trigger students’ creative talents by to provide encouraging atmosphere. The criteria for analysing the speaking skill are: their ability to choose the topic on their own; preparation; flow of thoughts and ideas with illustrations; delivery mechanism; and pronunciation. The concluding part of the paper discusses the success rate of students’ effort to speak in English, the outcome and plan for its future improvement

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