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Teaching Speaking to Adult Learners
Teaching Speaking To Intermediate Adult Learners

|Contents | |
|Introduction…………………………………………………………………………….. |3 |
|Chapter I Theoretical Part……………………………………………………………… |5 |
|Goals and Techniques of Teaching Speaking To Intermediate Adult Learners…………………………………………………………………... |5 |
|The Most Common Difficulties in Auding and Speaking………………... |7 |
|The Components of Spoken English……………………………………... |11 |
|The Use of the Communicative Approach in Teaching Speaking………... |13 |
|Chapter II. Practical Part……………………………………………………………….. |21 |
|2.1. The Development of Speaking Strategies Using Various Activities in a Teaching Process………………………………………………………... |21 |
|2.2. Types of Exercises in the Process of Teaching Speaking to Intermediate Adult Learners……………………………………………………………. |24 |
|Conclusions…………………………………………………………………………...... |29 |
|List of references……………………………………………………………………….. |31 |

Introduction Speaking English is the main goal


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