|aTeaching speaking :|ba holistic approach /|cChristine C.M. Goh, Anne Burns.
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|aNew York :|bCambridge University Press,|c2012.
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|axi, 301 pages :|billustrations ;|c24 cm.
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|atext|btxt|2rdacontent
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|aunmediated|bn|2rdamedia
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|avolume|bnc|2rdacarrier
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|aCambridge language education
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|aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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|aSpeaking processes and skills. Speaking and the language learner ; Cognitive processes in speaking ; Speaking competence -- Spoken Discourse. Speech : features, grammar, and pronunciation ; Spoken discourse and genres of speaking -- Designs and approaches. A methodological framework ; A model for teaching speaking ; Planning a speaking course -- Classroom practices and processes. Speaking tasks ; Enhancing speaking performance ; Raising metacognitive awareness ; Assessing speaking.
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|a"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"--|cProvided by publisher.
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|a"Drawing on wide-ranging literature from a variety of relevant disciplines, as well as their own extensive experience in teaching spoken English, the authors give a fascinating, comprehensive, and insightful account of the nature of second language speaking skills. The research and theory they survey then serves as the basis for the principles, strategies, and procedures they propose for the teaching of spoken English. This book will, therefore, provide an invaluable resource for teachers, teachers in training, and researchers, providing both a state-of-the-art survey of the field as well as a source of practical ideas for those involved in planning, teaching, and evaluating courses and materials for the teaching of spoken English"--|cProvided by publisher.
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|aEnglish language|xStudy and teaching|xForeign speakers.
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|aEnglish language|xSpoken English|xStudy and teaching.