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ERIC Number: EJ186957
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1978
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Communicative Use of Language and Syllabus Design
Valdman, Albert
Foreign Language Annals, 11, 5, 567-78, Oct 78
A thorough revision of present syllabus-design practices is necessary to achieve the goal of enabling the learner to use the target language with relative fluency in simulated speech transactions. Four new orientations are suggested that lead more directly to language use than do monolithic and paradigm-oriented linguistic features. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Course Organization, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Guides, Error Analysis (Language), Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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