TY  - BOOK
AU  - PAWLAK, Mirosław
AU  - Ewa Waniek-Klimczak
TI  - Issues in Teaching, Learning and Testing Speaking in a Second Language
SN  - 9783642383397
AV  - 748742 
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Berlin
PB  - Springer
N1  - includes index
N2  - We need to make learners aware of the specific features of conversational English which make it different from standard pedagogic descriptions of the language. The problem is that many of these differences arise from the fact that conversational English is necessarily spontaneous. In conversation we have ways of holding the floor to allow us to pause for a moment. We constantly use checking devices to monitor the development of the discourse. We use appropriately ‘vague language’ when we do not have the time, the language or the wish for greater precision. Unfortunately there is a contradiction in the notion of teaching spontaneity. In this paper I will argue we need to do two things
UR  - http://172.20.27.22:4000/handle/123456789/58
ER  -