Speaking is a highly challenging yet essential skill for most learners to acquire. Learners need to speak with confidence to carry out the most basic social transactions, like asking directions or ordering food. They also need to develop their speaking skills to fulfil more sophisticated needs like making friends, impressing people and arguing their case. This book’s variety of task types reflects the variety of situations that learners will meet in the real world. The aim of this book is to make students actually want to communicate. That motivation is provided via a broad range of contexts, from the serious and thought provoking through to light-hearted games that allow students to relax and speak freely. Rather than focusing on speaking in

Speaking Extra is a resource book containing photocopiable materials for supplementary classroom work. The activities provide self-contained lessons for the busy teacher. Each activity consists of a page of clear, step-by-step instructions for the teacher and a photocopiable page for the students. The material is aimed at young adult and adult learners. However, most activities can be easily adapted for the needs of younger students. Speaking Extra offers teachers an exciting collection of topic-based skills activities from elementary to upper-intermediate level.