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Publication details [#726]

Allwright, Richard. 1979. Language learning through communication practice. In Brumfit, Christopher J. and Keith Johnson, eds. The communicative approach to language teaching. Oxford University Press. pp. 167–182.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

communicative competence, L2-acquisition of | communicative competence, teaching of

Annotation

In discussing and attempting to answer the question of what it might mean to reorient language teaching towards a major focus on communicative skills, A. uses a macro-analysis of language teaching that identifies three basic elements: samples of the target language; guidance concerning the nature of the target language; and management activities.