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Peer reviewedBourbeau-Walker, Micheline – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1984
It is proposed that while the sciences have progressed steadily, language teaching methods have swung like a pendulum between two broad approaches: formal and functional. The history of this pattern is outlined, current practices are discussed, and the possibility of escaping from this polarizing cycle is examined. (MSE)
Descriptors: Educational Change, French, Grammar, Notional Functional Syllabi
