Each of the four language skills--reading, writing, speaking, and listening--plays an important role in language learning, and successful teaching can benefit from including a combination of these skills in the classroom. This article shares strategies for integrating speaking into a writing-focused course, with the goal of improving students' competency in both language skills. Instructors have the potential to include speaking through a variety of activities, creating a student-centered classroom that incorporates communicative language teaching and task-based cooperative learning.