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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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On Determinatives and the Category-Function Distinction: A Reply to Brett Reynolds
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Lenchuk, Iryna; Ahmed, Amer – TESL Canada Journal, 2014
This article examines the arguments made in the article "Determiners, Feline Marsupials, and the Category-Function Distinction: A Critique of ELT Grammars" by Brett Reynolds recently published in the "TESL Canada Journal" (2013). In our response, we demonstrate that the author's arguments are problematic on both…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Form Classes (Languages)
Teaching Pragmatic Competence: A Journey from Teaching Cultural Facts to Teaching Cultural Awareness
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Lenchuk, Iryna; Ahmed, Amer – TESL Canada Journal, 2013
Pragmatic competence is one of the essential competences taught in the second language classroom. The Canadian Language Benchmarks (CCLB, 2012a), the standard document referred to in any federally funded program of ESL teaching in Canada, acknowledges the importance of this competence, yet at the same time notes the limited resources available to…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Pragmatics