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Speaking skills occupy a curious position in contemporary ELT. The importance of speaking skills appears obvious: the global spread of English along with improved communication systems provides economic, political, academic and social reasons for learning to speak English. The importance of speaking skills seems to be further underlined by the prevalence in many areas of the world of Communicative Language Teaching, a methodology which prioritises speaking.
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Timmis, I. (2016). Materials to Develop Speaking Skill. In: Azarnoosh, M., Zeraatpishe, M., Faravani, A., Kargozari, H.R. (eds) Issues in Materials Development. Critical New Literacies: The Praxis of English Language Teaching and Learning (PELT). SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-432-9_8
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