Rebecca Hughes is Chair of Applied Linguistics and Head of the Centre for English Language Education at the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom. She is the author of several publications including English in Speech and Writing (1996), and Spoken English, TESOL and Applied Linguistics: Challenges for Theory and Practice (ed.) (2006).

Part of the highly-regarded Applied Linguistics in Action series, Teaching and Researching: Speaking, provides the most up-to-date coverage of the rapidly-changing field of speech and discourse. The new edition takes into account the changes in theory and approach and offers a completely updated map of the field, encompassing recent advances, highlighting the current preoccupations and giving suggestions for future directions.

Accessible to non-specialist audience

Summarises sometimes difficult key texts and topics and makes them relevant to the reader's own potential research projects

Presents an original stance on the topic of speakign and relates this to wider issues in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics

Varied and detailed research project plans outlined which can be carried put by the reader or used as a starting point for their own ideas