By the end of this module you should be able to:

• distinguish the key issues surrounding the teaching of speaking skills;
• appreciate why students often find oral classes stressful;
• identify ways to reduce pressures on students which inhibit participation;
• devise teaching tasks for oral work at different levels;
• select materials in a variety of media to use as support for speaking tasks;
• adopt strategies for dealing with mixed-level groups;
• provide ways to help students extend speaking skills outside class time;
• choose assessment tasks to fit your courses;
• apply assessment criteria appropriately.