Communicative Competence and the Dilemma of International Teaching Assistant Education.

Hoekje, Barbara; Williams, Jessica

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ERIC Number: EJ448698

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1992

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Communicative Competence and the Dilemma of International Teaching Assistant Education.

Hoekje, Barbara; Williams, Jessica

TESOL Quarterly, v26 n2 p243-69 Sum 1992

Examines the curriculum of international teaching assistant (ITA) programs within a sociolinguistic model of language use, the "communicative competence" model proposed by Hymes (1972). The authors advocate reconceptualizing language skills in terms of communicative competence allowing ITA programs to better prepare ITAs for their roles as university teachers. (73 references) (GLR)

Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language), Foreign Nationals, Higher Education, Language Proficiency, Models, Second Language Instruction, Sociolinguistics, Teacher Education, Teaching Assistants

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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