Library and Academic Services: EAL (English As An Additional Language): Speaking

Speaking

Whether it's a conversation, an interview, or a presentation, learn the skills needed to communicate in English. Some suggested keywords when looking for more books on this topic:

Pronunciation
Conversational English,
Oral Presentations

This page features materials on speaking as a general topic. Pronunciation takes a look at how to say words and some of the sounds letter combinations make while speaking. Presenting features resources on doing oral presentations, taking readers through the process of creating presentations along with tips for speaking with PowerPoint or as part of a group.

Featured Titles

Clear Speech from the Start Student's Book with Audio CD by Judy B. Gilbert
Location: PE 1128 .G522 2005
Clear Speech from the Start gives beginning students immediate help in mastering the crucial elements of English pronunciation. Stressing basic pronunciation and listening comprehension in North American English, Clear Speech from the Start concentrates on features that will have the most significant impact on a student's ability to understand and communicate with others. These features include rhythm, stress, intonation, and speech sounds that carry specific grammatical meaning.
Clear Speech Student's Book by Judy B. Gilbert
Location: PE 1137 .C54 1993 (Exchange District Campus)
Clear Speech, Second Edition, is a highly successful and innovative pronunciation course for intermediate and advanced students of English. The Student's Book emphasizes those aspects of English pronunciation that contribute most to intelligibility: rhythm, stress, and intonation. In addition, it teaches students to focus their attention on individual speech sounds that carry important grammatical meaning, such as the verb-final "d" that signals the past tense, and the noun-final "s" that signals plural.
Discussions and More 2nd Edition by UrPenny
Location: PE 1128 .A2 U7 2015 (Exhange District Campus)
An updated version of the classic handbook, Discussions that Work, which develops oral fluency in meaningful and motivating ways. Discussions and More is an invaluable resource for teachers who want to provide a varied range of successful speaking activities. This edition takes into account the changes in approaches to ELT over the last thirty years, containing updated versions of old favourites from Discussions that Work, but also a much greater range of oral fluency activities, from game-like activities to debates and presentations.
Q:Skills for Success Listening and Speaking 2E Intro Student Book by Kevin McClure; Mari Vargo
Location: PE 1128 .L486 2015
Q: Skills for Success, Second Edition is a six-level paired skills series that helps students to think critically and succeed academically.With new note-taking skills, an extended writing syllabus and authentic video in every unit, Q Second Edition equips students for academic success better than ever.
Speak now : communicate with confidence by Jack Richards
Location: PE 1128 .R516 2012
Speak Now is a four-level speaking course which develops students' communication skills both in and out of the classroom.-From Amazon

Websites & Web Videos

Interesting Things ESL YouTube Channel
This channel focuses on listening and speaking using repetition of words said on the video, with musical accompaniment.
Marriane Pascal: Learning a language? Speak it like you’re playing a video game
This talk from a TEDxPenangRoad comes from Marriane In her speech, Pascal outlines how English is 'not an art to be mastered, it's a tool to get a result.'
Learning English with CBC
A joint project between CBC Edmonton and the Government of Alberta, this site has news items keyed to CLB, grammar lessons, archives of past lessons, and more.
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Note: This site ceased to add new content in 2020.
Mauril App
A collaboration between CBC and the Government of Canada, Mauril is available for iPhone and Android smartphones. The app provides content from from CBC with input from those familiar with teaching and acquiring English.

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