This document discusses strategies for teaching speaking skills in a second language. It begins by noting that speaking has often been viewed as the most demanding of the four language skills. It then states that the goal of teaching speaking should be the development of communicative competence, as proposed by Canale and Swain. Oral skill classes are generally structured around functional uses of language. The document provides several websites with useful speaking activities and exercises. It concludes with a bibliography of references on teaching speaking and oral skills.