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Cervi, David A. – Babel: Journal of the Australian Modern Language Teachers' Association, 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…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Awareness, Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Materials