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Ahmed, Sawsan; Alamin, Abdulamir – English Language Teaching, 2012
The field of English as a second language has gone through a number of changes in the last decades and has seen extreme adjustments throughout the methods of teaching and curriculum planning. This article finds the relevance of the old methods to the new methods. After providing the background it becomes apparent that almost all the older methods…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods, Communicative Competence (Languages)

Mason, Ian – British Journal of Language Teaching, 1983
Discusses one approach to teaching French grammar in a university second year communicative-oriented course. (EKN)
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, Communicative Competence (Languages), French, Grammar
Portine, H. – Francais dans le Monde, 1983
For many years rhetoric and grammar were linked in foreign language education, and then they drifted apart. More recently, pragmatics, the study of meaning related to language use in a natural context, has returned and appears in some form in the communicative approach, situational language instruction, and the notional functional approach. (MSE)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Educational History, Educational Strategies, Grammar

Mason, Ian – British Journal of Language Teaching, 1985
Pursues the argument that grammar teaching in a second-year university degree French course should be in line with the functional/notional communicative aims of the "Lyon a la une" project. Discusses the study of the pragmatic dimension of language as an essential prerequisite to the functional skills fostered by the project. (SED)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Context, Discourse Analysis
Marckel, Beverly; McKay, Carol L. – 1983
An approach to foreign language instruction was worked out to meet the needs of high school students who were preparing to participate in an international exchange program with French students. The approach uses a combination of the notional-functional syllabus and the regular grammar and vocabulary lessons. Examples in French are provided…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Communicative Competence (Languages), Conversational Language Courses, French
Davis, James J. – 1995
An adult continuing education course in introductory Spanish is described. In planning the course, special attention was given to making course objectives realistic for the target population; rather than undertake a traditional college-level syllabus, academic and grammar-oriented in nature, the course was designed to provide students with basic…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Classroom Techniques, Continuing Education, Course Content
Laine, Elaine – 1985
This study of the notional-functional approach to second language teaching reviews the history and theoretical background of the method, current issues, and implementation of a notional-functional syllabus. Chapter 1 discusses the history and theory of the approach and the organization and advantages of the notional-functional syllabus. Chapter 2…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages), Computer Assisted Instruction, Course Organization
Egan, Dennis, Ed. – TEAM, 1983
Three issues of the journal "TEAM" are presented. Each issue contains feature articles, a section on teaching techniques, book reviews, English Language Center news items, and announcements. The articles in these three issues deal with the following topics: the freshman English course at the University of Minerals and Petroleum, a course in…
Descriptors: Arabic, Book Reviews, Classroom Techniques, Cloze Procedure