Teaching the Spoken Language
Author: Gillian Brown
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1983-11-24
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780521273848
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this book 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