Teaching the Spoken Language

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Teaching the Spoken Language
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Gillian Brown
By (author) George Yule
SeriesCambridge Language Teaching Library
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:176
Dimensions(mm): Height 228,Width 152
ISBN/Barcode 9780521273848
ClassificationsDewey:428.34
Audience
ELT / TEFL

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 24 November 1983
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Teaching the Spoken Language is about teaching the spoken language. It presents in a highly accessible form the results of the author's important research on teaching and assessing effective spoken communication. The authors examine the nature of spoken language and how it differs from written language both in form and purpose. A large part of it is concerned with principles and techniques for teaching spoken production and listening comprehension. An important chapter deals with how to assess spoken language. The principles and techniques described apply to the teaching of English as a foreign and second language, and are also highly relevant to the teaching of the mother tongue. The accompanying cassette contains extracts from original source recordings which are transcribed as examples in the book.

Author Biography

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Reviews

'This book presents excellent suggestions for teaching spoken production and listening comprehension which should be taken into account by foreign language teachers at all levels.' Hispania 'Brown and Yule do demonstrate that transactional spoken language is teachable.' Applied Linguistics