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Perera, Kaushalya; Makoni, Sinfree – Applied Linguistics, 2019
This Forum article is a contribution to the development of a securitization perspective on language education. We construe securitization of applied linguistics as the tendency to align national goals for language education, including Teaching English as a Second or Other Language (TESOL) and foreign languages, with broader national and security…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Lee, Yo-An – Applied Linguistics, 2006
The concept of "communicative competence" is one of the most influential theoretical developments in language education as it helped redefine the objectives of L2 instruction and the target language proficiency. While acknowledging these contributions, this paper asks if the conceptual formulation of "communicative competence" has other…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Language Proficiency, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning