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Willis, Dave; And Others – TESOL Quarterly, 1993
In response to Long and Crookes, Willis argues authors misunderstand the lexical syllabus (LS) as realized in Willis and Willis (1988). Long/Crookes reply that their article stressed need for focus on form in task-based language teaching and that there is a vast difference between focus on form and focus on forms, which Willis's adherence to an LS…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Curriculum Design, English (Second Language), Linguistic Theory
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Sheen, Ron – TESOL Quarterly, 1994
It is argued that the frequent model shifts in the field of second- and foreign-language teaching have not resulted in significant progress in language teaching. Advocates of the new task-based syllabus must demonstrate its greater effectiveness over more conventional approaches. (Contains 84 references.) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Educational Strategies, English (Second Language)
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Grosse, Christine Uber – TESOL Quarterly, 1991
Presents results of an empirical study of the curriculum of the Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) methods course in the United States. Information is provided about the content of the TESOL methods course, its goals, requirements, instructional materials, and common problems, and the identification of possible avenues for…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, English (Second Language), Instructional Materials
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Eslava, Roslyn; Lawson, Peter O. – TESOL Quarterly, 1979
This article describes a course designed to develop oral skills in English as a second language. A video-taped movie is shown without its sound track; the students then analyze, discuss, and ultimately dub in the film in the target language. (CFM)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages), Course Descriptions, English (Second Language)
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Fox, James – TESOL Quarterly, 1978
This paper traces the development of a function-based module, TELEFUN, produced to teach telephone English to Francophone public servants in Canada. Telephone discourse is analyzed, and a number of techniques, including Function Frames and Function Dials, are described. (CFM)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Design, Discourse Analysis
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Graham, Janet G.; Beardsley, Robert S. – TESOL Quarterly, 1986
Describes an experimental course in communication offered to nonnative English-speaking pharmacists at the University of Maryland and reports the results of an evaluation of the course. The course was team-taught by a pharmacist specializing in communication for pharmacists and by an English-as-a-second-language specialist. (Author/SED)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Course Descriptions, Course Organization, English for Special Purposes