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Teaching and Researching.
Speaking is a dynamic, interpersonal process and one that strongly influences how we are perceived by others in a range of formal and everyday contexts. Despite this, speaking is often researched and taught as if it is simply writing delivered in a different mode. In Teaching and Researching Speakin...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2013.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
| Colección: | Applied linguistics in action.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Figure list; General Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; Publisher's Acknowledgements; Introduction; Section I Issues in teaching and researching speaking; 1 Conceptual and historical background; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The skill of speaking; 1.3 The nature of speech in contrast to writing; 1.4 Where does speech fit in language studies?; Summary; 2 The research space: paradigms and issues; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Classical research paradigms in relation to researching speaking; 2.3 Attitudes to speech data.
- 2.4 The applicability of research approaches and frameworks to the study of speech2.5 Levels of analysis; Summary; Section II Issues for teaching and assessing speaking; 3 Approaches, materials and the issue of 'real' speech; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 What are our models and standards when we teach speaking?; 3.3 The evolution of materials to teach speaking; 3.4 The current scene in materials to teach speaking; 3.5 Bringing the skills together; Summary; 4 Issues in assessing speaking; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Why the nature of speaking is a challenge for test designers.
- 4.3 A comparison of contrasting test paradigms for oral assessment in three high-stakes testsSummary; 5 Approaches to researching speech; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Quantitative and qualitative approaches towards researching speaking; 5.3 Theory-driven, positional, or ideas-based approaches to researching speaking; 5.4 Examples of contrasting approaches in researching speaking; 5.5 New directions; Section III Researching speaking; 6 Spoken language and the classroom; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 The status of speaking in classrooms.
- 6.3 The role of spoken interaction in Communicative Language Teaching classrooms6.4 Drawing on classroom practice for research and vice versa; Summary; 7 Research project ideas and frameworks; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 A project on spoken language found in textbooks versus a corpus; 7.3 A project on the effects of speech rate in the context of English as lingua franca presentations; 7.4 An exploration of inter-cultural expectations in conversation; 7.5 A project that analyses a professional speaking genre so it can be handled in the classroom.
- 7.6 A project on speaking assessment with low education immigrant test takers7.7 A project investigating the relationship between gesture and speech processing using fMRI scanning techniques; Section IV Resources and further information; 8 Research borders and boundaries; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Speaking and ethnographic or cross-cultural studies; 8.3 Speaking and psycholinguistics; 8.4 Speaking and neuro-linguistic studies; 8.5 Speaking and corpus linguistics; 8.6 Speaking and new technologies; 9 Research resources; 9.1 Traditional library resources; 9.2 Societies and organisations.