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| Audio-Visual Language Journal | 4 |
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Uren, Ormond – Audio-Visual Language Journal, 1974
Discusses various uses of testing in language teaching as well as testing that occurs in normal language use. (RM)
Descriptors: Course Content, Language Instruction, Language Tests, Language Usage
Richards, D. R. – Audio-Visual Language Journal, 1977
A discussion of error analysis understood as the differences between the way people learning a language speak and the way adult native speakers use the language. The inevitable errors can be turned to pedagogical advantage if the teacher provides appropriate feedback to help the learner modify his grammar. (AMH)
Descriptors: Error Analysis (Language), Higher Education, Language Instruction, Language Patterns
Peck, Anthony J. – Audio-Visual Language Journal, 1976
A notional syllabus places the greatest emphasis on the use of the language, unlike most foreign language syllabuses, which emphasize its structural form. Each entry defines a type of purposeful communication. When the student has mastered the syllabus, he has thus acquired a communicative competence. (CFM)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Curriculum Guides, Language Instruction, Language Learning Levels
Alexander, L. G. – Audio-Visual Language Journal, 1979
Describes the functional/notional approach to language instruction, discussing key features, misconceptions, and practical applications of the model. (AM)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Curriculum Guides, Grammar, Language Instruction
