The ability to communicate content effectively to others is important. Besides using various approaches and techniques to help pupils achieve optimum speaking fluency, language arts teachers must also determine students' present oral communication achievement levels and guide their progress accordingly. Approaches to teaching oral fluency include classroom use of (1) puppets, (2) dramatizations, (3) conversation, (4) discussion, (5) interviews, (6) social introductions, (7) oral reports, (8) oral reading, and (9) direction-giving. (Oral communication objectives and questions concerning the oral communication curriculum are included.) (HTH)