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ERIC Number: EJ561224
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0267-1905
Current Developments in Language Curriculum Design: An Australian Perspective.
Burton, Jill
Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, v18 p287-303 1998
A review of literature on second-language curriculum design in Australia outlines some general trends in communicative language teaching theory and needs-based language curriculum planning, task-based learning, and recent cultural, social, and literacy perspectives on curriculum, and then examines specific initiatives to reform curricula, to incorporate communicative competence principles, and to focus on discourse in language instruction. (MSE)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Communicative Competence (Languages), Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs, Educational Trends, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Trend Analysis
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Australia
Note: Theme issue: Foundations of Second Language Teaching.