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Download full textCarter, Ronald; McCarthy, Michael – 1994
This paper argues that second language instruction that aims to foster speaking skills and natural spoken interaction should be based upon the grammar of the spoken language, and not on grammars that reflect written norms. Using evidence from a corpus of conversational English, this examination focuses on how four grammatical features that occur…
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
