... communication involves four macro inter-related skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. The teaching and learning of a foreign language is, in fact, the teaching and learning of the linguistic ... lessons during the first and the second year. Like in other non-language major universities, the English course in the PPA is divided into two stages: one for general English; the other for English ... speaking Speaking has the following characteristics: Its form and meaning are dependent on the context in which it occurs, including the participants themselves, their collective experiences, the...