Teaching and researching speaking

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Accessible to a non-specialist audience, this book provides an up-to-date summary of current research and issues in the field of teaching and researching speaking that can be applied to classroom practice.

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Full title :Teaching and researching speaking / Rebecca Hughes.

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Publication Date:2011.
Edition:2nd ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Longman/Pearson
Place of Publication:Harlow, UK
Language:eng
Publication Date:2011.

Notes

Previous edition: 2002.

The Physical Object

Description:xvi, 226 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781408205044, 1408205041
oclc:ocn653842751
LC Classification:P95.3
Dewey Decimal:808.5071

Machine generated contents note: Section I Issues in teaching and researching speaking -- 1. Conceptual and historical background -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. The skill of speaking -- 1.3. The nature of speech in contrast to writing -- 1.4. Where does speech fit in language studies? -- Summary -- 2. The research space: paradigms and issues -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Classical research paradigms in relation to researching speaking -- 2.3. Attitudes to speech data -- 2.4. The applicability of research approaches and frameworks to the study of speech -- 2.5. Levels of analysis -- Summary -- Section II Issues for teaching and assessing speaking -- 3. Approaches, materials and the issue of `real' speech -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. What are our models and standards when we teach speaking? -- 3.3. The evolution of materials to teach speaking -- 3.4. The current scene in materials to teach speaking -- 3.5. Bringing the skills together -- Summary -- 4. Issues in assessing speaking -- 4.1. Introduction.

Note continued: 4.2. Why the nature of speaking is a challenge for test designers -- 4.3.A comparison of contrasting test paradigms for oral assessment in three high-stakes tests -- Summ…