How to Teach Speaking

By S. Thornbury. 2005

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Students' Perception on EFL Speaking Skill Development (2011, background): “Speaking is also a multi-sensory activity because it involves paralinguistic features such as eye-contact, facial expressions, body language, tempo, pauses, voice quality changes, and pitch variation (Thornbury, 2005, p. 9) which affect conversational flow.”
Using Oral Presentations to Improve Students' English Language Skills (2015, unknown): “(Thornbury, 2005, p. 91) Presentations also provide a more authentic way of practicing English than simple speaking drills.”
An Analysis of Factors Influencing Learners’ English Speaking Skill (2017, background): “According to Thornbury (2005), learners’ correct use of grammatical structures requires the length and complexity of the utterances and the well-structured clauses.”
Teaching ESL/EFL Listening and Speaking (2008, background): “Some books describe the skill components and the nature of listening and speaking (Rost, 2002; Thornbury, 2005). Such descriptions give a teacher more realistic expectations of what may be achieved in a course and what to look for to see if the range of knowledge and skills is being covered. Such de”