Teaching the Strategies of Speaking

We all use strategies when we speak: to confirm or clarify what we're saying and what we're hearing, to show interest, to maintain and develop conversations, to help with fluency, to compensate for language we don't have. Alastair Graham-Marr, author of Communication Spotlight, a new text that teaches students how to use these strategies, will examine the whys of teaching strategies and look at the sort of strategies he argues should be taught.