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Powell, Patricia B. – 1975
This paper begins with a discussion of the meaning and importance of error analysis in language teaching and learning. The practical implications of what error analysis is for the classroom teacher are discussed, along with several possible systems for classifying learner errors. The need for the language teacher to establish certain priorities in…
Descriptors: Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns, Language Instruction, Learning Theories
Kokkota, V. A. – 1989
This book contrasts non-Soviet approaches to language testing and provides definitions from four Soviet language test experts. The role of foreign language teaching, the function of tests, and theoretical problems are discussed, with considerable focus on communicative competence. The book discusses test standardization and classification and…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Foreign Countries, Language Skills, Language Tests
Allen, Edward D. – 1975
In the first part of this paper several theories on the subject of communicative competence are examined. Part 2 is devoted to a discussion of how a teacher can test for communicative competence, and the practicality of this type of testing, in terms of class time, equipment required and objective grading, is emphasized. Part 3 summarizes a number…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Educational Theories, Language Instruction, Language Skills
Jakobovits, Leon A.; Gordon, Barbara – 1974
This book deals with the pedagogical, personal, and theoretical contexts of foreign language teaching. Part 1, on the pedagogical context, discusses the psychology of language learning, individualized language instruction, new directions in language teaching, and the role of pattern drills in language teaching. Part 2, on the personal context,…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Communication (Thought Transfer), Educational Improvement, Individualized Instruction
Bardovi-Harlig, Kathleen, Ed.; Félix-Brasdefer, J. César, Ed.; Omar, Alwiya S., Ed. – National Foreign Language Resource Center at University of Hawaii, 2006
PRAGMATICS & LANGUAGE LEARNING, a refereed series sponsored by the National Foreign Language Resource Center at the University of Hawai'i, publishes selected papers from the biannual International Pragmatics & Language Learning Conference under the editorship of the conference hosts and the series editor. Check the NFLRC website for…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, Language Acquisition, Second Language Learning, Language Research
Bruder, Mary Newton – 1973
This is a text intended for use with adult beginning classes in ESL in a 15-week intensive course. The major objective of the text is to develop communicative competence. Therefore, the structures are taught through mechanical drills, meaningful drills, and finally communicative drills, so that "teacher talk" is gradually diminished and "student…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Communicative Competence (Languages), Conversational Language Courses, Dialogs (Literary)
Croft, Kenneth, Ed. – 1980
Thirty-five articles on teaching English as a second language are presented under the following headings: (1) "Trends and Practices," (2) "The Matter of Errors," (3) "Second Language Acquisition," (4) "Speaking and Understanding," (5) "Reading and Writing," (6) "Vocabulary," (7) "Testing," and (8) "The Matter of Culture." Authors include Clifford…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Adult Education, Adult Students, Affective Behavior