Speaking Looks at the issue of how learners learn to speak a foreign language, and considers the various approaches which have been developed to teaching the speaking skill. Also provides clear explanations of recent research and developments in methodology surrounding the teaching of speaking in the language classroom, and suggests practical ways in which teachers can gain a better understanding of the role of speaking activities in class. By Martin Bygate - (OUP)   Order Now > Book     Teaching the Spoken Language An extremely accessible book which presents the results of the authors' important research on teaching and assessing effective communication. The accompanying cassette contains extracts from original source recordings which are transcribed as examples in the book. By Gillian Brown and George Yule - (CUP)   Order Now > Book | Cassette       Designing Tasks for the Communicative Classroom Provides an excelletn introduction to the theoretical and practical aspects of communicative task design, and is aimed at all second and foreign language teachers who want to develop their own tasks, or adopt/adapt those of others. The book's primary aim is to integrate recent research and practice in language teaching into a framework for analysing learning tasks. It should help teachers select, adapt or create their own communicative tasks. The ideas presented are relevant to teachers working in - or preparing for - a wide variety of teaching situations. By David Nunan - (CUP)   Order Now > Book     Exploring Spoken English This excellent resource contains 20 extracts of spontaneous everyday English recorded in a variety of social contexts and settings. Each extract is introduced by a task, which involves the reader in an activity-based exploration of some aspect of language, and is followed by a commentary offering new insights on the most significant grammar, vocabulary and discourse patterns of the text. The accompanying cassette contains all the extracts. Can be used as a classroom resource, or as an analysis tool for anyone interested in the area of spoken discourse analysis. By Ronald Carter and Michael McCarthy - (CUP)   Order Now > Paperback Edition | Hardback Edition | Cassette       Correction An awareness-raising book for all teachers interested in the controversial topic of correction in the ESL/EFL classroom. Helps teachers answer the 4 basic questions: Should I correct? When? Why? How? By Mark Bartram, Richard Walton - (LTP)   Order Now > Book       Communicative Ideas A resource book for all language teachers, which takes the idea of student involvement and cooperation, and shows teachers how these play a more central role in the way they teach their own classes. Gives a clear introduction to classroom dynamics, and offers 82 techniques and activities for teachers to use in their own classrooms. By David Norman et al - (LTP)   Order Now > Book       Assessing Speaking An excellent guide which looks at the research on the assessment of speaking, and the current tests of speaking. It recognizes that the assessment of the speaking skill is extremely complex, and it sets out to guide language testers through the stages of test tasks, rating practices and design. By Sari Luoma - (CUP)   Order Now > Paperback Edition | Hardback Edition       Testing Second Language Speaking This is a comprehensive account and critical analysis of testing second language speaking. It provides many examples, including task types that are commonly used in speaking tests, approaches to researching speaking tests, and specific methodologies that teachers, students and test developers may use in their own projects. It also presents annotated examples to enhance understanding of practical testing projects. By Glenn Fulcher - (Longman)   Order Now > Book       Teaching & Researching : Speaking A valuable summary of current research and issues in the field of teaching and researching that can then be applied to classroom practice. The book summarizes difficult key texts and topics and makes them relevant to the reader's own potential research projects; it presents an original stance on the topic of speakig and relates this to wider issues in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics; it also outlines research project plans which can be carried put by the reader or used as a starting point for their own ideas. By Rebecca Hughes - (Longman)   Order Now > Book     Back to Bookstore