Let's Speak English (Paperback)

In this book, adopting a theoretical orientation based on the research findings of what is speaking, speaking English as a skill, and the notions of accuracy and fluency in speaking to date, Professor Monjurul Alam develops a course of study for teaching speaking and learning to speak in English. The author delves into the learning theories and the language teaching methods such as Audiolingualism, Situational Language Teaching and Communicative Language Teaching for developing the theoretical orientation.

The Introduction to Let's Speak English at the outset informs the theoretical orientation that guides the design of the module. The 30 units cover the most common speaking routines such as 'Exchanging Names', 'Greetings', 'Requesting', 'Advising', 'Asking for and Giving Permission', 'Agreeing and Disagreeing', 'Expressing Likes and Dislikes', etc. in English speaking contexts. This module has been organized to develop learners' communicative competence at the beginner stage (CEFR A1 and A2 levels) and to progress gradually towards the intermediate level (CEFR B1 and B2) and the advanced levels (CEFR C1 and C2) with ease. Each unit of study comprises twosessions and four activities. The instructions to the activities are illustrated using self-explanatory icons. Activity 1 describes the langua ge functions. Activity 2 firstly presents the vocabulary by categorizing them as formal, informal, etc. and secondly provides their usage in sample sentence structures (including a 'grammar focus'). It encourages listening to the expressions in pair/group work and also to echo them. Activity 3 presents some "example situations" for role-play speaking practice. Activity 4 aims at engaging the learners in more freer speaking practice tasks so that they may transfer the knowledge and ability gained in the controlled speaking tasks in other contexts.