TY - BOOK AU - Brown,Gillian AU - Yule,George TI - Teaching the spoken language: an approach based on the analysis of conversational English SN - 0521253772 AV - PE1128.A2 B73 1983 U1 - 428.34 22 PY - 1983/// CY - Cambridge, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - English language KW - Study and teaching KW - Foreign speakers KW - Spoken English N2 - This book is about teaching the spoken language. It presents the results of the author's research on teaching and assessing effective spoken communication. The authors examine the nature of spoken language and how it differs from written language both in form and purpose. A large part of the book is concerned with principles and techniques for teaching spoken production and listening comprehension. A chapter deals with how to assess spoken language. The principles and techniques described apply to the teaching of English as a foreign and second language, and are also relevant to the teaching of the mother tongue. --From publisher's description ER -