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Publication details [#36756]

Bergström, Inger. 1987. Grammatical correctness and communicative ability: A performance analysis of written and spoken English of Swedish learners. (Umea studies in the humanities 81). Almqvist & Wiksell International. 226 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

communicative competence | grammar1 | spoken language | written language

Language as a subject

English | Swedish

Annotation

This study shows an interrelationship between grammatical correctness and communicative efficiency, thus suggesting that the most adequate teaching method would be both grammatically and communicatively based. The sample involves low-achieving English as a second language secondary school students in Sweden.

Reviewed by

Major, Roy C. 1988. Review of $Grammatical correctness and communicative ability: A performance analysis of written and spoken English of Swedish learners.