Contents
Introduction
1: Twenty Years of Teaching Lexical Phrases in Academic Speaking
Revisiting Lexical Phrases in Our Institutional Context
2: Concepts & Insights for Lexical Phrases in Teaching Academic Speaking
Course Design
3: Re-Thinking Longer Turns in Academic Speaking
Going Beyond the Boundaries of Lexical Phrases
Useful Language for Overviews
Student Choice, Critical Thinking, and Adaptive Lexical Phrase Use
Lesson Particulars
Course Artifacts
Future Thinking
Campus Realities
Materials Light Approach
Using Technologies for Oral Composition
Appendix
Academic Speaking Syllabus Topics Sample
Pre- & Post-Needs Analysis
References