Overview
- Brings together several lines of isolated research and provides a comprehensive overview of various kinds of problems in oral communication
- Uses a conceptual framework based on the authors' qualitative studies of oral communication in Iranian EFL contexts
- Includes analysis of audio recorded data, providing a descriptive account of the participants’ performance in problematic moments of L2 oral communication
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Approaches to the Nature of L2 Oral Communication
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The Nature and Typology of Learners’ Problems in L2 Oral Communication
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Communication Strategies and Their Functions in L2 Oral Communication
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About this book
This book focuses on understanding the process of problem construction in oral communication in foreign language contexts, examining how speakers of English as a second language approach issues in oral communication, as well as the strategies they employ to overcome these difficulties. Using theories of general communication, and in particular current approaches to L2 oral communication and strategies in interactional discourse, the authors construct a theoretical framework for defining, identifying and classifying learners’ problems and coping strategies when speaking English as a second or foreign language. The book offers a coherent process-oriented description of the complex and multidimensional nature and typology of oral interaction problems in EFL contexts, and it will be of interest to practitioners, teachers, researchers, students, and curriculum designers in Applied Linguistics and TESOL.
Reviews
“The status of English as an international language highlights the importance of effective communication skills for today’s global citizens. The papers in this important book provide a comprehensive and research-based overview of the nature of spoken communication in English as an additional language. Drawing on research from a wide range of contexts, the collection provides a fascinating and multi-dimensional account of cross-cultural communication in English and will be a valuable resource for researchers, teachers and materials developers.” (Jack C. Richards, University of Sydney, Australia)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Dr. Alireza Jamshidnejad is an associate professor of English language studies at the University of Technology and Applied Sciences in Oman, and has over twenty years of experience teaching and researching TEFL and Applied Linguistics. He obtained his first Ph.D. in Education, but shifted his research interest to EFL oral communication and foreign language teaching in his second Ph.D. from the UK. Most of his recent publications focus on language learners’ interaction in EFL contexts, and his unique approach to functions of communication strategies is very well known. After years of teaching, researching and publishing papers in the field of oral communication in EFL contexts, he has innovated a researchbased model to understand the nature of and classify the problems and strategies of L2 oral communication.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Speaking English as a Second Language
Book Subtitle: Learners' Problems and Coping Strategies
Editors: Alireza Jamshidnejad
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55057-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-55056-1Published: 10 November 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-55059-2Published: 11 November 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-55057-8Published: 09 November 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 345
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour
Topics: Education, general, Linguistics, general, Language Education, Groupwork and Presentation