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Functional Approaches to Language and Language Teaching: Another Look.
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Berns, Margie S. – 1983
A discussion of the functional approach to second language teaching looks at its theoretical foundations and their relationship to communicative language instruction. It locates the origins of the functional approach in early twentieth-century British linguistics and the three key concepts of context of situation, language function, and meaning…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Communicative Competence (Languages), Correlation, Instructional Materials