Nolasco Rob, Arthur Lois. Conversation

8th edition. — Oxford University Press, 1995. — 158 p. — (Resource Books for Teachers).In this book the authors make a further distinction: between speaking skills and conversation skills. They contend that there are skills specific to conversation which make it easier for people to talk to each other informally, and that these do not overlap a hundred per cent with the skills involved in fluent speaking. Being able to speak reasonably correct and even fluent English is one thing. Being able to engage in on-going, interactive, mentally satisfying conversation is another. This is not to deny that speaking skills are necessary for conversation; simply that they are not alone sufficient for successful conversation to take place.