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Speaking Englishes, Speaking Cultures, Using CANCODE.
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Carter, Ronald – Prospect, 1997
Discusses the description of English discourse for teaching purposes, drawing on new information from analysis of CANCODE (Cambridge/Nottingham Corpus of Discourse in English). Concludes that language teaching should be based on regularities and patterns, not rules, and that exposure to real, informal language of native speakers, with its…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Instructional Materials