Teaching and Researching Speaking: Third Edition
Rebecca Hughes
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Description for Teaching and Researching Speaking: Third Edition
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Teaching and Researching Speaking provides an overview of the main approaches to researching spoken language and their practical application to teaching, classroom materials, and assessment. The history and current practices of teaching and researching speaking are presented through the lens of bigger theoretical issues about the object of study in linguistics, social attitudes to the spoken form, and the relationships between spoken and written language. A unique feature of the book is the way it clearly explains the nature of speaking and how it is researched and puts it into the context of a readable and holistic overview of language ... Read more
Teaching and Researching Speaking provides an overview of the main approaches to researching spoken language and their practical application to teaching, classroom materials, and assessment. The history and current practices of teaching and researching speaking are presented through the lens of bigger theoretical issues about the object of study in linguistics, social attitudes to the spoken form, and the relationships between spoken and written language. A unique feature of the book is the way it clearly explains the nature of speaking and how it is researched and puts it into the context of a readable and holistic overview of language ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Applied Linguistics in Action
Condition
New
Number of Pages
244
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781138911758
SKU
V9781138911758
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Rebecca Hughes
Rebecca Hughes is Director of Education at the British Council and Honorary Chair of Applied Linguistics and International Education at the University of Nottingham, Malaysia Campus. Beatrice Szczepek Reed is Reader in Education at the University of York, UK.
Reviews for Teaching and Researching Speaking: Third Edition
Speaking is perhaps the least researched, most vaguely defined skill in teaching second-languages. This neglect makes this much-updated version of Teaching and Researching Speaking very welcome. It combines historical and current approaches to teaching speaking with clearly explained approaches to varied types of research. It fills a critically important niche in applied linguistics and teacher education. John M. ... Read more