SPEAKING EXERCISES IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING METHODOLOGY

Abstract

This article discusses practice in areas relevant to the teaching of speaking: the debates concerning native speaker and nonnative speaker models for spoken pedagogy, the issue of authenticity in spoken materials, approaches to understanding speaking in the classroom, the selection of texts  and aspects of spoken language for the teaching of speaking and developments in materials and methods for the teaching of speaking. Finally, practical discussion on the teaching of specific spoken genres is reviewed and probable future directions are discussed.