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Dornyei, Zoltan; Thurrell, Sarah – ELT Journal, 1994
Topics for conversation courses include conversational rules and structure, conversational strategies, functions and meaning in conversation, and social and cultural contexts. The direct teaching of conversational skills involves adding specific language input, increasing the role of consciousness raising, and sequencing communicative tasks…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Conversational Language Courses, Course Content, Course Descriptions