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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
