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Publication Date: 1999
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Modern vs. Traditional.
Zhenhui, Rao
Forum, v37 n3 Jul-Sep 1999
This article discusses traditional methods, such as the grammar-translation, and modern methods, the communicative approach, for teaching English-as-a-foreign-language in China. The relationship between linguistic accuracy and communicative competence, student-centered orientation, and the role of the teacher are highlighted. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Grammar, Interaction, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Teacher Role, Teaching Methods, Translation
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China
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