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Magrath, Douglas – 1982
Second language students come to the class with knowledge of a first language and with understanding of communication strategies. Creative exercises must build on this basis from the beginning of the course. Short dialogues, structure drills, and controlled grammar sequences based on a real situation should be integrated into the course from the…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Class Activities, Communicative Competence (Languages), Dialogs (Language)