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Peer reviewedMaestri, Franca – Language Awareness, 1995
Overviews the traditional grammar-based language lesson and the communicative approach to teaching languages. The article maintains that adopting a less prescriptive approach to the formal system of the language and gradually training students to see the printed text as another form of interaction will contribute to developing a sensitivity for…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language), Grammar
Peer reviewedHyde, Martin – Language Awareness, 1994
Discusses the need for a systematic approach to phonology in language teacher training, outlining the deficiencies in the current "atomistic" approach to phonology in English-as-a-Foreign-Language (EFL) instruction and suggesting that a holistic approach will provide teachers with a better understanding of the sound systems of the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Holistic Approach, Language Attitudes, Language Teachers
