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Peck, Anthony J. – Audio-Visual Language Journal, 1976
A notional syllabus places the greatest emphasis on the use of the language, unlike most foreign language syllabuses, which emphasize its structural form. Each entry defines a type of purposeful communication. When the student has mastered the syllabus, he has thus acquired a communicative competence. (CFM)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Curriculum Guides, Language Instruction, Language Learning Levels
Trabert, Judith A. – 1979
This paper describes the functional-notional approach to language teaching and learning in terms of the ways it can be used to meet the communicative needs of the potential language learners, particularly adults, who vary in what they want to do in the target language. It contrasts the functional system with conventional approaches, illustrates…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adults, Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages)
