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ERIC Number: EJ206591
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1979-Jul
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Attitudes to Language Learning: The Adult Student.
Curtin, John B.
English Language Teaching Journal, v33 n4 p281-84 Jul 1979
Students should be prepared psychologically before they begin studying a foreign language to make them disposed to practice the language rather than study it. More emphasis should be placed on the functional/notional aspect of a language than on the structural aspect. (CFM)
Descriptors: Adult Students, English (Second Language), Language Attitudes, Language Instruction, Learning Processes, Second Language Learning, Student Attitudes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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