Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Part 1: Theoretical Perspectives on Instructed Acquisition of Speaking -- Chapter 1. Instructed Acquisition of Speaking: Reconciling Theory and Practice -- Chapter 2. Authenticity in Oral Communication of Instructed L2 Learners -- Chapter 3. Formulaic Sequences in the Output of Instructed L2 Learners -- Chapter 4. Formulaicity vs. Fluency and Accuracy in Using English as a Foreign Language -- Chapter 5. Talking the Same Language: Sociocultural Aspects of Code-Switching in L2 Classroom Discourse -- Chapter 6. Speaking in English for Academic Purposes in the Light of Lingua Franca English and Sociocultural Theory -- Part 2: Speaking and Individual Variables -- Chapter 7. Near-Nativeness as a Function of Cognitive and Personality Factors: Three Case Studies of Highly Able Foreign Language Learners -- Chapter 8. ''I Am Good at Speaking, But I Failed My Phonetics Class'' - Pronunciation and Speaking in Advanced Learners of English -- Chapter 9. Oral Skills Awareness of Advanced EFL Learners -- Chapter 10. Pronunciation Learning Strategies - Identification and Classification -- Chapter 11. Metaphonetic Awareness in the Production of Speech -- Chapter 12. Foreign Language Speaking Anxiety from the Perspective of Polish Students of German Studies -- Chapter 13. The Relationship between Language Anxiety and the Development of the Speaking Skill: Results of a Longitudinal Study -- Part 3: Research into Instructed Acquisition of Speaking -- Chapter 14. On the Authenticity of Communication in the Foreign Language Classroom -- Chapter 15. Ways to Proficiency in Spoken English as a Foreign Language - Tracing Individual Development -- Chapter 16. Task Repetition as a Way of Enhancing Oral Communication in a Foreign Language -- Chapter 17. The Use of the Internet and Instant Messengers in Assisting the Acquisition of Speaking Skills in English Lessons -- Chapter 18. Investigating the Perception of Speaking Skills with Metaphor-Based Methods -- Chapter 19. Phonetically Difficult Words in Intermediate Learners' English -- Chapter 20. Transcultural Interference, Communities of Practice and Collaborative Assessment of Oral Performance