REVIEW II Teaching conversation skills

The speech communication process Any spoken encounter or interaction CONVERSATION Teaching conversation skills

The speech communication process APPROACHES Teaching conversation skills INDIRECT DIRECT Research on teaching conversational skills historically describes two major approaches for teaching conversation (O´keef ,2004)

The speech communication process APPROACHES Teaching conversation skills INDIRECT Implies that one does not actually teach conversation, but rather that students acquire conversational competence, by engaging in meaningful tasks.

The speech communication process APPROACHES Teaching conversation skills DIRECT Calls students´attention to conversational rules, conventions and strategies..