Strengthening Student’s Spontaneity: Using the Principles of Improv Comedy to Develop Indonesian EFL Learners’ Speaking Ability

Speaking is considered a complicated language skill by many EFL (English as Foreign Language) learners since they could not be able to speak spontaneously. However, spoken language production is a universal problem for Indonesian English teachers which might be caused by the lack of speaking spontaneity training in the classroom. To solve this obstacle, the teachers could use improv comedy as this art has certain principles that might be useful to train the learners' speaking ability. Improv comedy takes its origin from Italian improvisational theatre appeared during the 15th century which performed unscripted drama and the players deliberately improvised their lines and acts. This study aims to illustrate how the improv comedy principles might be useful for English speaking class especially to train the students' ability in speaking spontaneously.