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Download full textBerns, 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
Ragan, Peter H. – 1987
Language is used to realize different intentions, and the patterns of wording that have evolved in language bear a natural relationship to the meanings they have evolved to express. Despite the diversity in the way texts (content) are encoded, they may be traced to the contexts in which they communicate meaning, indicating a form-function…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Context Clues, Educational Environment, Educational Strategies
