The Speak Now Student Book develops students' communication skills, enabling them to communicate confidently and effectively. Online Practice provides extra activities for students to improve their listening, speaking, and pronunciation skills outside class including speak, record, and submit to teacher activities. The interactive teacher tools allow you to track your students' progress, see their grades, communicate with them and more.
Jack Croft Richards is an applied linguist from New Zealand, specializing in second and foreign language education, teacher training, and materials design. He has written numerous articles and books. Most of his books and articles are in the field of second language teaching and have been translated into many different languages. He was appointed full professor in the Department of English as a Second Language at the University of Hawaii in 1981.