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Nance, Kimberly A. – 1992
Student apprehension about discussing intellectually "risky" ideas in the foreign language literature class can be addressed through construction of a classroom environment in which students gain confidence. The governing principle is the sequencing of risk. Students perceive risks to be in: (1) making a linguistic error; (2) making an error of…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Classroom Communication, College Students, Communication Apprehension
Salies, Tania Gastao – 1995
Role-playing is proposed as an ideal technique to teach language because it prepares learners for the unpredictable nature of real-life communication, teaches appropriate language use, and boosts self-confidence. Theories that have paved the way for the current communicative approach to language teaching are reviewed, role-playing is defined, and…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Classroom Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language)