Includes bibliographical references.

"How to Teach Speaking is a practical guide for teachers who want to improve their knowledge and develop their classroom skills in this area. The book includes:

a description of the characteristic features of spoken language;

an explanation of communication strategies that learners use;

ways to increase learner autonomy and confidence;

approaches to assessing speaking;

a Task Files of photocopiable training tasks." (Book Cover)

CONTENTS:

Introduction

1. What Speakers Do
Introduction
Speech Production
Conceptualization and Formulation
Articulation
Self-Monitoring and Repair
Automaticity
Fluency
Managing Talk

2. What Speakers Know
Extralinguistic Knowledge
Sociocultural Knowledge
Linguistic Knowledge
Genre Knowledge
Discourse Knowledge
Pragmatic Knowledge
Grammar
Vocabulary
Phonology
Speech Conditions

3. Speaking in Another Language
Differences Between L1 and L2 Speaking
Communication Strategies
What l2 Speakers Need to Know
Availability for Use: Implications for Teaching

4. Awareness-Raising Activities
Awareness-Raising
Using Recordings and Transcripts
Focusing on Selected Language Features
Using Live Listening
Using Noticing-the-Gap Activities

5. Appropriation Activities
Appropriation: Practised Control
Drilling and Chants
Writing Tasks
Reading Aloud
Assisted Performance and Scaffolding
Dialogues
Communicative Tasks
Task Repetition

7. Planning and Assessing Speaking
Integrating Speaking into the Curriculum
Organizing a Speaking Syllabus
Classroom Talk
Assessing Speaking
Assessment Criteria

Task File

Task File Key

Further Reading

Index