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Peer reviewedRichards, Jack C. – ELT Journal, 1983
Five assumptions about the nature of verbal communication are discussed in relation to the communicative needs of second-language learners: that communication is meaning-based, conventional, appropriate, interactional, and structured. Implications for foreign-language teaching are examined. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language), Language Processing, Learning Processes
