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Crystal, D. – Engl Lang Teaching, 1970
Discusses semiotics, which, in dealing with how meaning is communicated, views language as only one component of communication activity. Gives special attention to the new perspectives which semiotics has given to the study and teaching of intonation. (FB)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Body Language, Communication (Thought Transfer), Intonation
Heddesheimer, C.; Roussel, F. – 1977
This paper discusses an ongoing experiment in teaching the communicative values of intonation to second-year students in an English department at a French university. The communication needs of the learners are described in terms of academic activities (e.g., formal discussion) and social contact. A basic three-term structure -- opening,…
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Communicative Competence (Languages), Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language)