Teaching ESL/EFL Listening and Speaking

<p>This guide for teachers and teacher trainees provides a wealth of suggestions for helping learners at all levels of proficiency develop their listening and speaking skills and fluency using a framework based on principles of teaching and learning. By following these suggestions which are organised around four strands—meaning-focused input meaning-focused output language-focused learning and fluency development—teachers will be able to design and present a balanced programme for their students. </p><p>Updated with cutting-edge research and theory the second edition of <i>Teaching ESL/EFL Listening and Speaking</i> retains its hands-on focus and engaging format and features new activities and information on emerging topics including: </p><ul> <p> </p> <li>Two new chapters on Extensive Listening and Teaching Using a Course Book</li> <p> </p> <li>Expanded coverage of key topics including assessment pronunciation and using the internet to develop listening and speaking skills</li> <p> </p> <li>Easy-to-implement tasks and suggestions for further reading in every chapter</li> <p> </p> <li>More tools for preservice teachers and teacher trainers such as a sample unit a survival syllabus and topic prompts</li> </ul><p>The second edition of this bestselling book is an essential text for all Certificate Diploma Masters and Doctoral courses for teachers of English as a second or foreign language.</p>