The document discusses techniques for teaching communicative language skills. It addresses increasing student talking time through pair and group work activities. Pair work involves students thinking, sharing with a partner, and sharing with the class. Group work provides more listening time, fun, and exchange of ideas. Challenges with group work like using the native language can be addressed by assigning roles and focusing on cooperation over accuracy. The document also discusses teaching speaking and listening skills through information gap, opinion gap, and fluency activities while addressing challenges students and teachers face and providing possible solutions.