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Peer reviewedWheeler, Rod – English Language Teaching Journal, 1981
Discusses a compromise between functionally based material and traditional grammatical approaches by suggesting the adoption of a more communicative approach to structurally based material. Using the present continuous tense as an example, the unnaturalness of traditional classroom dialog is shown; sample remedies are given. (PJM)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language), Grammar, Language Usage
