Speaking and Instructed Foreign Language Acquisition

✍ Scribed by Mirosław Pawlak (editor); Ewa Waniek-Klimczak (editor); Jan Majer (editor)

• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 328
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book investigates various aspects of speaking in a foreign language. It is unique in considering this key skill from both psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic perspectives, and in focusing entirely on instructed foreign language contexts. The book demonstrates how theory and research can be translated into classroom practice.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Contributors
Preface
Part 1: Theoretical Perspectives on Instructed Acquisition of Speaking
Chapter 1. Instructed Acquisition of Speaking: Reconciling Theory and Practice
Chapter 2. Authenticity in Oral Communication of Instructed L2 Learners
Chapter 3. Formulaic Sequences in the Output of Instructed L2 Learners
Chapter 4. Formulaicity vs. Fluency and Accuracy in Using English as a Foreign Language
Chapter 5. Talking the Same Language: Sociocultural Aspects of Code-Switching in L2 Classroom Discourse
Chapter 6. Speaking in English for Academic Purposes in the Light of Lingua Franca English and Sociocultural Theory
Part 2: Speaking and Individual Variables
Chapter 7. Near-Nativeness as a Function of Cognitive and Personality Factors: Three Case Studies of Highly Able Foreign Language Learners
Chapter 8. ‘‘I Am Good at Speaking, But I Failed My Phonetics Class’’ - Pronunciation and Speaking in Advanced Learners of English
Chapter 9. Oral Skills Awareness of Advanced EFL Learners
Chapter 10. Pronunciation Learning Strategies - Identification and Classification
Chapter 11. Metaphonetic Awareness in the Production of Speech
Chapter 12. Foreign Language Speaking Anxiety from the Perspective of Polish Students of German Studies
Chapter 13. The Relationship between Language Anxiety and the Development of the Speaking Skill: Results of a Longitudinal Study
Part 3: Research into Instructed Acquisition of Speaking
Chapter 14. On the Authenticity of Communication in the Foreign Language Classroom
Chapter 15. Ways to Proficiency in Spoken English as a Foreign Language - Tracing Individual Development
Chapter 16. Task Repetition as a Way of Enhancing Oral Communication in a Foreign Language
Chapter 17. The Use of the Internet and Instant Messengers in Assisting the Acquisition of Speaking Skills in English Lessons
Chapter 18. Investigating the Perception of Speaking Skills with Metaphor-Based Methods
Chapter 19. Phonetically Difficult Words in Intermediate Learners’ English
Chapter 20. Transcultural Interference, Communities of Practice and Collaborative Assessment of Oral Performance