Baker, Joanna

Essential speaking skills: a handbook for english language teachers. / Joanna Baker and Heather Westrup - New York: Continuum, c2003. - vi, 170 p.: ill.; 23cm.

Includes index.

Contents: Introduction: the book and its readership -- About speaking -- Some possible barriers to communication and how to overcome them -- A Framework for english lessons -- Classroom organization -- Correcting during speaking activities -- What teaching materials can we use? -- Preparing for speaking: warners -- Presenting new language -- Practising speaking -- The Production phase: speaking fluently -- Using a text as a basis for speaking activities -- Pronunciation -- Testing speaking skills -- Summary and ways forward.

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English language.

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