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ERIC Number: EJ407130
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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In Our Learners' Shoes. A Language Teacher's Reflections on Language Learning.
Cervi, David A.
Babel: Journal of the Australian Modern Language Teachers' Association, v24 n3 p10-12 Dec 1989
A language teacher's Japanese-language learning experiences in educational and immersion environments lead to assertions about the ineffectiveness of exclusive use of traditional instructional methodologies; exclusive dependence on osmosis for developing fluency; instructional materials that students perceive as beneath them; and assumptions that immersion will take care of any holes in language curricula. (CB)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Awareness, Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Materials, Japanese, Language Enrichment, Language Teachers, Second Language Instruction, Teacher Attitudes, Uncommonly Taught Languages
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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