• Dr. V.L. Jayapaul

In the second language learning classroom, at the higher education institutions, the language trainers especially General English teachers find training their students in speaking skills, a herculean task. The opportunities created to students by the teachers to speak, are commonly like ‘self-introduction’, ‘introducing another person’, ‘speaking on a general topic like pollution’, ‘population’, ‘advantages and disadvantages of Cell phones’, ‘Globalization’, and so on. The students feel that the above topics are not interesting to speak because those topics are frequently heard and they think that they don’t have any new ideas to contribute. Some Professors try with debate, Turn court, Mono act, Group Discussion, etc. Even when the students are asked to present their views in seminars, they find it difficult to speak. These topics and techniques make the students to feel that these topics are useless to develop their speaking skill. So it obstructs their participation in speaking activities conducted in the classrooms. Therefore this paper focuses on how negative topics given to students make them actively participated in speaking activity.

Keywords: Pessimistic topics, involvement of students, speaking skill

"PESSIMISTIC TOPICS TRIGGER THE LEARNERS TO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN THE PUBLIC SPEAKING ACTIVITY IN THE ESL CLASSROOM AT THE UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.230-235, April-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904M37.pdf

"PESSIMISTIC TOPICS TRIGGER THE LEARNERS TO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN THE PUBLIC SPEAKING ACTIVITY IN THE ESL CLASSROOM AT THE UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no. pp230-235, April-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904M37.pdf