Developing the ability to speak in a foreign language is an arduous task. This is because it involves the mastery of different language subsystems, simultaneous focus on comprehension and production, and the impact of a range of social factors. This challenge is further compounded in situations in which learners have limited access to the target language. Thus, there is a need to explore issues related to teaching, learning and testing speaking with a view to translating the guidelines based on theoretical positions and research findings into feasible and context-specific pedagogical recommendations. This is the rationale behind this book, which considers speaking from leading theoretical perspectives, investigates individual variables which affect its development, and reports the results of studies focusing on different aspects of its instructed acquisition.
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Preface
Part I: Theoretical perspectives on instructed acquisition of speaking
1. Mirosław Pawlak: Instructed acquisition of speaking: Reconciling theory and practice
2. Agnieszka Nowicka and Weronika Wilczyńska: Authenticity in oral communication of instructed L2 learners
3. Piotr Białas: Formulaic sequences in the output of instructed L2 learners
4. Agnieszka Wróbel: Formulaicity vs. fluency and accuracy in using English as a foreign language.
5. Jan Majer: Talking the same language: Sociocultural aspects of code-switching in L2 classroom discourse
6. Anna Niżegorodcew: Speaking in English for Academic Purposes in the light of Lingua Franca English
Part II: Speaking and individual variables
7. Adriana Biedroń: Near-nativeness as a function of cognitive and personality factors. Three case studies of highly able foreign language learners
8. Ewa Waniek-Klimczak: ‘I am good at speaking, but I failed my phonetics class’ – pronunciation and speaking in advanced learners of English
9. Krystyna Droździał-Szelest: Oral skills awareness of advanced ESL learners
10. Aneta Całka: Pronunciation learning strategies – identification and classification
11. Magdalena Wrembel: Metaphonetic awareness in the production of speech
12. Krzysztof Nerlicki: Foreign language speaking anxiety from the perspective of Polish students of German studies
13. Ewa Piechurska-Kuciel: The relationship between language anxiety and the development of the speaking skill. Results of a longitudinal study
Part III: Research into instructed acquisition of speaking
14. Sebastian Piotrowski: On the authenticity of communication in the foreign language classroom
15. Irena Czwenar: Ways to proficiency in spoken English as a foreign language – tracing individual development
16. Anna Mystkowska-Wiertelak: Task repetition as a way of enhancing oral communication in a foreign language
17. Mariusz Kruk: The use of the Internet and Instant Messengers in assisting the acquisition of speaking skills in English lessons
18. Dorota Werbińska: Investigating the perception of speaking skills with metaphor-based methods
19. Jolanta Szpyra-Kozłowska: Phonetically difficult words in intermediate learners’ English
20. Przemysław Krakowian: Transcultural interference, communities of practice and collaborative assessment of oral performance
Sobre el autor
Mirosław Pawlak is Professor of English at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, State University of Applied Sciences, Konin, Poland, and the Faculty of Pedagogy and Fine Arts in Kalisz, Adam Mickiewicz University, Kalisz, Poland. His research interests include form-focused instruction, corrective feedback, classroom discourse, learner autonomy, learning strategies, motivation, willingness to communicate, pronunciation teaching, and study abroad.
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