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Trabert, Judith A. – 1979
This paper describes the functional-notional approach to language teaching and learning in terms of the ways it can be used to meet the communicative needs of the potential language learners, particularly adults, who vary in what they want to do in the target language. It contrasts the functional system with conventional approaches, illustrates…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adults, Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Fallon, Gerald; Morse, Marie – 1987
Alberta's curriculum guide for French immersion programs outlines the programs' rationale and objectives and the content of the oral language, reading, and writing components for six years. An introductory section discusses the aim of developing language competence and recent theory on competence. The role of language as an instrument of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Difficulty Level, Educational Objectives, Elementary Education
