The effect of speaking topics on candidate performance
One of the claims of language tests administered in Greece is that topical knowledge is not tested so that all…
Category: Teaching Speaking
Teaching Speaking: Strategies for Developing Speaking Skills
Students often think that the ability to speak a language is the product of language learning, but speaking is also…
Speaking Skills: How to motivate adult learners at B2+ level
“A good teacher is hard to find, difficult to leave and impossible to forget”. If you keep…
Why should we teach speaking skills in the classroom?
Many students equate being able to speak a language as knowing the language and therefore view learning the language as…
Speaking: The Achilles Heel of Language Learning
Back in November we contacted a number of teachers, teacher trainers, oral examiners etc. and asked them to write about…
Why do we neglect speaking?
Language is a tool for communication. We communicate with others, to express our ideas, and to know others’ ideas as…