Language Teaching and Personal Development: An Answer to the Problem of Relevance?.

Waite, Ian

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Publication Date: 1986

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Language Teaching and Personal Development: An Answer to the Problem of Relevance?

Waite, Ian

British Journal of Language Teaching, v24 n3 p153-55 Win 1986

Topics of personal relevance to students can be used as a foundation for foreign language acquisition and become part of the developmental process of the learner. An example of a German unit of study incorporating interpersonal development is described. (CB)

Descriptors: Curriculum Development, German, Individual Development, Instructional Materials, Interpersonal Relationship, Relevance (Education), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Secondary Education, Student Interests, Teaching Methods, Units of Study

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Language: English

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