Teaching Speech to English Language Learners: A Theoretical and Practical Focus
provides very specific teaching recommendations aimed at improving the oral
communication skills of adult (high school age and beyond) English language
learners. The teaching suggestions are proposed in a framework that highlights
the link between research/theory (a theoretical focus) and pedagogy (a practical
focus). This book should be of interest to those teaching speech courses to
English language learners, to those teaching more broad-based English as a
second language (ESL) courses with a speech component, to those planning to
teach English language learners, and to a range of applied linguists. While the
book includes topics typically covered