How do learners learn to speak a foreign language? What different approaches have been developed to teach this important skill? Speaking deals with both these questions, providing clear explanations of recent research and developments in methodology. In the final section of the author, practical ways in which the role of oral classroom activities. About the Author: Professor Henry Widdowson is Emeritus Professor of Education, University of London, and has been Professor of Applied Linguistics at Essex University and Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Vienna. Martin Bygate is Professor of Applied Linguistics and Language Education in the Department of Linguistics and Modern English Language at Lancaster University. He has worked as a teacher trainer in a number of countries including France, Morocco, Brazil, Spain, and Italy, and as a lecturer at the School of Education, University of Leeds. His main research interests are in oral second language learning, particularly the pedagogical tasks, the development of oral second language proficiency, dimensions of teacher talk, and classroom interaction.