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This is article reports empirical research on Chinese EFL teachers' experience with teaching oral skills and discusses implications for teacher education.

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This study is one of very few published studies on EFL teachers' attempts and experience in teaching spoken English skills in China, the country with the biggest EFL learner population in the world.Teacher educators, researchers and graduate students will find the results relevant to your work and your understanding of unique teacher characteristics and the EFL context in China.This study involved 331 teachers from 44 universities in over 20 cities using a rigorously validated instrument.

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This page is a summary of: Teaching oral English in higher education: challenges to EFL teachers, Teaching in Higher Education, June 2011, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/13562517.2010.546527.
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