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10 - Conclusion: Implications for Pedagogy and Research

from Part II - Literature and Speaking Skills

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 October 2019

By
Christian Jones
Edited by
Christian Jones
Christian Jones
Affiliation:
University of Liverpool
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Summary

This aim of thisis to draw together the different threads and summarise what we can learn from the chapters in this volume and also attempt to identify ways forward in both research and teaching. The conclusions I draw aim to be instructive and reflective rather than didactic. The purpose of this volume has been to investigate the potential of using literature to develop awareness of spoken language or speaking skills and, as noted, there have only been a limited number of studies in this area. These findings then need to be developed by other researchers or taken forward and adapted by teachers in their own contexts. Despite these caveats, I feel there are some useful conclusions we can draw from the chapters presented.

This chapter takes the following form: it first lists and discusses five implications for teaching and then five for research. As each implication is discussed, explicit reference will be made to the chapters in this book and their findings, and it is hoped that these implications provide suggestions for teaching and research.

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Literature, Spoken Language and Speaking Skills in Second Language Learning , pp. 229 - 239
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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