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Issues in Teaching, Learning and Testing Speaking in a Second Language: /edited by Mirosław Pawlak, Ewa Waniek-Klimczak.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Berlin: Springer; 2015.Description: XIV, 265 p.: illISBN:
  • 9783642383397
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  • 748742
Online resources: Summary: 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 http://172.20.27.22:4000/handle/123456789/58
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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

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