Question:

Submitted by Monserrath Ramirez,  Ecuador

Can you recommend books about the methodology teaching speaking?

Dr Richards responds:

I recommend the following:

• Bygate, Martin 1987. Speaking. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Fulcher, Glen 2003. Testing Second Language Speaking. Harlow: Pearson.
• Goh, Christine C.M. and Anne Burns. 2012.  Teaching Speaking: A Holistic Approach. New York: Cambridge University Press.
• Luoma, Sari 2004. Assessing Speaking. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Pridham, Francesca 2001. The Language of Conversation. London: Routledge.
• Thornbury, Scott. 2005. How to Teach Speaking. Harlow: Longman.
• Thornbury, Scott and Diana Slade. 2006. Conversation: From Description to Pedagogy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.