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Henry, Alex – Language Awareness, 1995
Shows how a language matrix can be used to raise awareness of the role context plays in determining language choice for a given communicative function. The article suggests how the matrix can be used in language awareness and consciousness-raising activities to provide opportunities for contrastive analysis and discussion of politeness strategies…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Business Communication, Class Activities, Consciousness Raising
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Hanauer, David – Language Awareness, 1997
Argues for the use of poetry reading in second language classrooms. Reviews literary and linguistic theories of poetry and synthesizes these theories within a psycholinguistic model of poetry reading, according to which the central aspect of poetry reading is the conscious negotiation of the formal structures of language for comprehension…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Context Effect, Linguistic Theory, Literature Reviews