Would you teach your students to speak naturally?

[Asad2009]

HI everyone,
I am an English teacher in a foriegn language context( EFL). my question is :
Would you teach your students to speak naturally? why? why not?
can you help me, please?

[Alan]

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Hi Asad,

That's a very broad and general question. It really depends on how you understand 'naturally'. I certainly wouldn't want to teach them to speak 'unnaturally'! Surely it must be your goal to make them speak in a way that they can be understood.

Alan
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