Second language practice : classroom strategies for developing communicative competence
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Second language practice : classroom strategies for developing communicative competence
（Multilingual matters / series editor, Derrick Sharp）
Multilingual Matters Ltd, c1995
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- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Over the last twenty five years, many theorists specialising in second language acquisition have promoted the communicative approach. Their arguments have been very convincing, but many school boards and teachers remain unsure as to how to implement this approach in the classroom; they do not know which specific skills should be developed, at which levels, or what strategies should be used. Since teachers are practical people, they need a publication which offers them ideas on how to develop second language skills in their students at various levels of competence development. We now know enough about the acquisition process that we can provide clear theoretical directions and practical examples of strategies consistent with second language theory. There is more than one way of getting students to develop communicative competence and there is always room for sharpening specific skills and adapting them to a variety of social contexts which are themselves culturally specific. Nevertheless, we do need to get started, and this book attempts to provide some leadership in this direction by bridging current theory with classroom practice while, at the same time, emphasising classroom strategies. Innovative teachers and administrators can then continue the process, add or subtract to the repertoire of strategies, in accordance with their student and programme needs.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Performance Goals
Acknowledgements
Biographical Notes on the Contributing Authors
LEVEL 1: EARLY STUDENT COMPREHENSION AND RESPONSE
1. Glenwood Irons: Strategies for Beginning Listening Comprehension
2. Anne Bourque and Sylvain Jacques: Increasing Comprehension Skills Through Listening and Asking Questions
3. Gisele Painchaud and Raymond Leblanc: Teaching the Receptive Skills at the Basic Level
LEVEL 2: CONTEXT-BASED COMPREHENSION AND INTERACTION
4. Georges Duquette: Developing Comprehension and Interaction Skills with Idiomatic Expressions
5. Joan Netten and Janette Planchat-Ferguson: Strategies for Developing Communicative Competence with Emphasis on Comprehensible Input
LEVEL 3: MEANING-BASED COMMUNICATION AND PROBLEM-SOLVING
6. Hana Svab and Ted Miltenberger: Integrating Communication and Social Skills Using Ensemble Techniques
7. Suzanne Majhanovich and Jumin Hu: Communicative Strategies for Intermediate Level Second Language Classes
LEVEL 4: GROUP WORK AND THE COOPERATIVE APPROACH
8. Christina Bratt Paulston and Gail Britanik: Magic or Chaos: Task-based Group Work
9. Mary Calder: One Peer Response Group in an ESL Writing Class: A Case Study
LEVEL 5: REFINING LITERACY SKILLS
10. Pierre Demers and Guylaine Berube: Correction of Speech Errors: Some Suggestions
11. William T. Fagan: Collaborative Strategies for Narrative Structure
12. Michelle Clement and Diane Lataille-Demore: Writing a Short Story Through Sharing and Reflecting
EVALUATION
13. Joseph E. Dicks and Sally Rehorick: Oral Communication Assessment and the Portfolio Concept
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