Issues in Teaching, Learning and Testing Speaking in a Second Language

✍ Scribed by Mirosław Pawlak, Ewa Waniek-Klimczak (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 269
• Series: Second Language Learning and Teaching
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The volume constitutes a state-of-the-art account of issues related to teaching, learning and testing speaking in a second language. It brings together contributions by Polish and international scholars which seek to create links between theory, research and classroom practice, report the findings of studies investigating the impact of linguistic, cognitive and affective factors on the development and use of speaking skills, and provide concrete pedagogic proposals for instruction and assessment in this area. As such, the book will be of interest not only to second language acquisition theorists and researchers, but also to foreign language teachers willing to enhance the quality of speaking instruction in their classrooms.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Conversational English: Teaching Spontaneity....Pages 3-18
Local Cultures in English: Intercultural Communication in an International Educational Context....Pages 19-28
Developing Second Language Oral Competence Through an Integrated Discursive Approach: The Conceptual Framework of the Project and Results of a Pilot Study....Pages 29-43
It’s Small Words that Make a Big Difference....Pages 45-67
Preparing Tertiary Students for Study Abroad Programs—The Identity Negotiation Perspective....Pages 69-82
Front Matter....Pages 83-83
Correlates and Predictors of L2 Willingness to Communicate in Polish Adolescents....Pages 85-102
Investigating Foreign Language Speaking Anxiety Among Advanced Learners of English....Pages 103-119
Advanced Learners’ Use of Communication Strategies in Spontaneous Language Performance....Pages 121-141
Oral Communication Strategies Used by Turkish Students Learning English as a Foreign Language....Pages 143-158
The Effect of Diacritics on Kinetic Tone Direction and Placement....Pages 159-168
Is There Any Place for Silence in the Communication-Oriented Process of Adult Language Learning?....Pages 169-185
Front Matter....Pages 187-187
Videoconferencing as a Tool for Developing Speaking Skills....Pages 189-203
Using Storybooks as a Catalyst for Negotiating Meaning and Enhancing Speaking Among Very Young Learners of L2: Evidence from a Case Study....Pages 205-217
Business Meetings as a Genre—Pedagogical Implications for Teaching Business English....Pages 219-232
Developing and Testing Speaking Skills in Academic Discourse....Pages 233-250
Designing a Self-Assessment Instrument for Developing the Speaking Skill at the Advanced Level....Pages 251-265

✦ Subjects

Applied Linguistics; Language Education