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Cook, Vivian J. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1985
Discusses issues in functional approaches to language teaching and describes two experiments on the social factors involved in the language functions of requesting, thanking, greeting, and taking leave. Considers what the data from the experiments mean for second-language learning and teaching in terms of syllabus design and teaching techniques.…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Curriculum Design, Interaction, Notional Functional Syllabi