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Ek, J. Van; Alexander, L. G. – 1980
This document is the result of a project commissioned by the Council of Europe to produce a system of units in foreign language instruction for adults. The "threshold level" is conceived as the compilation of knowledge and skills a person would need in order to communicate simply but effectively in a foreign environment. It is not limited to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language)
Ek, J. A. Van; And Others – 1980
This book is a response to the recognition that the achievement of the threshold level of second language proficiency is for many adults an overly ambitious objective. The degree of communicative competence that will be imparted by the waystage approach will be about halfway between zero and the threshold level. This degree of competence will…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language)