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Transactional Engineering Analysis and Foreign Language Teaching: A Reply to Ney

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Jakobovits, Leon A. – Modern Language Journal, 1974

Briefly outlines the rationale for a transactional approach to language teaching. (PM)

Descriptors: Conversational Language Courses, Language Instruction, Linguistic Theory, Second Language Learning

Transactional Engineering for the Language Teacher: The Third Force in Language Teaching.

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Jakobovits, Leon A.; Gordon, Barbara Yaffey – Alberta Modern Language Journal, 1976

Talk is proposed as the subject matter of foreign language courses. The key to acquiring liberated expression lies in the assimilation of the learner to the target culture. Once he/she is assimilated, the learner's involvement in a situation matches the involvement of natives of the target culture. For example, faced with some life circumstance…

Descriptors: Acculturation, Audiolingual Skills, Bilingualism, Classroom Communication