This booklet, developed by England's Department for Education and Employment, provides information and teaching strategies to support the teaching of speaking and listening skills and develop confidence as speakers and listeners, by providing models, carefully planned activities and tasks that promote different kinds of talk and listening, and through structured reflection. Section One (Teaching Speaking and Listening Objectives) takes one objective at a time and considers it in terms of: examples/models, oral strategies, and teaching approaches. Section Two contains a range of supporting material and further guidance on teaching approaches that foster effective spoken language development. Contains a list of 10 suggestions for further reading. (NKA)