Bygate Martin. Language Teaching: Speaking

Oxford University Press 1987, 2009, 2010. — 136 pages.
This scheme is designed to involve language teachers in their own professional development. Its purpose is not to provide a set of directives but to guide teachers in the processes of critical enquiry and informed practice.
How is speaking to be defined as a language ability? What approaches have been adopted to teach it? How far does a communicative perspective require a reappraisal of these approaches, and what are the best techniques to teach speaking effectively? Speaking encourages teachers to explore these issues of principle and technique in the context of their own classroom.