Teaching the Spoken Language is about teaching the spoken language. It
presents in a highly accessible form the results of the author's
important 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 it is concerned with principles and techniques for teaching spoken
production and listening comprehension. An important 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 highly relevant to the teaching of the mother tongue.