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ERIC Number: EJ529547
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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How Communicative Can English Language Teaching Be in China?
Hird, Bernard
Prospect, v10 n3 p21-27 Nov 1995
Suggests that the communicative approach plays a role in English language teaching in China, but that aspects of this approach must be applied selectively partly because of the educational environment there. The article argues that the approach embodies significant Western culture-specific assumptions regarding learning processes. (15 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Cognitive Style, Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Context, Educational Environment, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Learning Processes, Second Language Instruction, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Role, Teaching Methods, Testing
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: China