Spontaneous Speaking, part of the Professional Perspectives series , gives teachers a wide variety of drama activities, all of which have been designed to maximise student interaction. A range of different, true-to-life situations are used, to create meaningful communication, increase fluency and build up students confidence. In Spontaneous Speaking : Students have no option but to speak and listen to each other. Written prompts such as rolecards are not used, so the students focus is always 100% on each other.The activities provide frameworks but creative content always come from the students. They generate a lot of energy, fun and laughter, as recently-learnt language is put into practice.Clear aims and some suggested variations minimise the teachers input and maximise students output.

David Heathfield is a storyteller who tells tales and runs workshops in the UK and around the world. He offers online Creative and Engaging Storytelling for Teachers courses. David has worked as an online storytelling teacher trainer internationally with the British Council, IATEFL and the Hands Up Project and has provided storytelling teacher training in Nepal, Brazil, Germany, The Netherlands, Denmark, Italy, Portugal, Austria, Slovakia, Turkey, Dubai and Libya. He also teaches English, writes about student creativity in language learning, and is the author of the DELTA teacher development books: Storytelling With Our Students: Techniques for telling tales from around the world and Spontaneous Speaking: Drama Activities for Confidence and Fluency.