Teaching Speaking

by Goh, Christine C. M.; Burns, Anne

• ISBN13: 9781107648333
• ISBN10: 1107648335
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-01-31
• Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr

Summary

This book provides theoretical and pedagogical perspectives on teaching speaking within a coherent methodological framework. Teaching Speaking A Holistic Approach brings together theoretical and pedagogical perspectives on teaching speaking within a coherent methodological framework. The framework combines understandings derived from several areas of speaking research and instruction. By explaining, interpreting, evaluating, and synthesizing these diverse perspectives from linguistics and language learning, the text offers a comprehensive and versatile approach for teaching speaking. Different types of learning tasks are explained and illustrated with examples, and each chapter includes short tasks and ends with a number of tasks that enable readers to extend their ideas.

Author Biography

Christine C. M. Goh is Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics at the National Institute of Education at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Professor Anne Burns is Professor in Language Education at Aston University, Birmingham, UK and Professor of TESOL at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

Table of Contents

Series editor's preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Speaking Processes and Skills
Speaking and the language learner	p. 15
Cognitive processes in speaking	p. 35
Speaking competence	p. 49
Spoken Discourse
Speech: features, grammar, and pronunciation	p. 75
Spoken discourse and genres of speaking	p. 104
Designs and Approaches
A methodological framework	p. 133
A model for teaching speaking	p. 151
Planning a speaking course	p. 169
Classroom Practices and Processes
Speaking tasks	p. 201
Enhancing speaking performance	p. 225
Raising metacognitive awareness	p. 237
Assessing speaking	p. 255
References	p. 283
Index	p. 295
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