Bibliography: p. 145-148.

FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; 1. Towards a classroom approach; Explains how the activities in chapters 2 to 5 can be combined to provide a coherent approach to the teaching of conversation; 2. Controlled activities (25 activities); Controlled activities to help students develop confidence as well as the ability to participate in and maintain simple, commonly encountered conversations; 3. Awareness activities (20 activities); Activities designed to help students become aware of what native speakers do in conversation; the activities involve making observations, imitating, experimenting, and identifying aspects of the language; 4. Fluency activities (28 activities); Activities which help learners achieve conversational competence through: providing the experience of using English in real time (i.e. people do not wait for the right or the appropriate answer in real life); giving learners the chance to express their own ideas and emotions; giving learners the opportunity of using language for a specific purpose; 5. Feedback (12 tasks); Practical ways in which consistent and reliable feedback can be used to improve conversational performance; BIBLIOGRAPHY

Uses the characteristics of native-speaker conversation to form a basis for teaching the skills of speaking. This work helps to develop students' ability to speak English fluently and confidently, especially in less formal contexts. It provides a useful source of ideas to supplement coursebooks at various levels.