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ERIC Number: EJ323909
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Teaching Grammar for Proficiency.
Higgs, Theodore V.
Foreign Language Annals, v18 n4 p289-96 Sep 1985
Discusses a foreign language pedagogy that facilitates teaching for communication and teaching grammar, which is defined as a system for converting meaning into language. The teacher is advised to do in the classroom only what cannot be done elsewhere. Four instructional tactics are described. (SED)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages), Definitions, Grammar, Instructional Materials, Language Proficiency, Linguistic Theory, Second Language Instruction, Semantics, Teacher Role, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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