Download or read book Teaching the Spoken Language written by Gillian Brown and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1983-11-24 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book 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