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Ariew, Robert – 1982
The lack of cultural content, low interest level, and crowdedness of second language textbooks arise because every textbook represents a compromise: between the publisher's need to sell a book and the author's need to address specific pedagogical issues, and between the need to explain grammatical points fully and the need to explain them briefly.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Second Language Instruction, Teacher Developed Materials, Textbook Content
