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Geiger, Annamaria – English Language Teaching Journal, 1981
Describes linguistic model known as British Contextualism in the Federal Republic of Germany as a basis for the practical language component in second language teacher training programs. Concept goes beyond orthodox structuralism by adding a level of context. (Author/BK)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Structural Linguistics, Teacher Education

Kabakchy, V. V. – English Language Teaching Journal, 1980
One can group and teach idioms according to their accessibility to a particular type of student. Four types of idioms exist: (1) those which have equivalents in the student's native language; (2) those having only semantic counterparts; (3) those understandable from the constituent structure; and (4) the true idioms, those not comprehensible from…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Contrastive Linguistics, English (Second Language), Idioms