Morpheme Analysis and the Communicative ESL Classroom
This paper suggests that undue focus is often given to some communicative aspects of Communicative Language Teachingin ELICOS classrooms at the expense of language teaching which cultivates an understanding of how the target language operates to enable communication to take place. It argues that an...
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| description | This paper suggests that undue focus is often given to some communicative aspects of Communicative Language Teachingin ELICOS classrooms at the expense of language teaching which cultivates an understanding of how the target language operates to enable communication to take place. It argues that an understanding of the behaviour of English morphemes is important for ELICOS students' development of communicative competence, and that such an understanding can effectively be fostered within a communicatively oriented classroom. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-399902017-01-30T14:38:45Z Morpheme Analysis and the Communicative ESL Classroom Conlan, Chris linguistic competence CLT morphemes ESL Communicative Language Teaching communicative competence Universal Grammar ELICOS This paper suggests that undue focus is often given to some communicative aspects of Communicative Language Teachingin ELICOS classrooms at the expense of language teaching which cultivates an understanding of how the target language operates to enable communication to take place. It argues that an understanding of the behaviour of English morphemes is important for ELICOS students' development of communicative competence, and that such an understanding can effectively be fostered within a communicatively oriented classroom. 2001 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/39990 http://qa.englishaustralia.com.au/index.cgi?E=hsvalidator&template=journal fulltext |
| spellingShingle | linguistic competence CLT morphemes ESL Communicative Language Teaching communicative competence Universal Grammar ELICOS Conlan, Chris Morpheme Analysis and the Communicative ESL Classroom |
| title | Morpheme Analysis and the Communicative ESL Classroom |
| title_full | Morpheme Analysis and the Communicative ESL Classroom |
| title_fullStr | Morpheme Analysis and the Communicative ESL Classroom |
| title_full_unstemmed | Morpheme Analysis and the Communicative ESL Classroom |
| title_short | Morpheme Analysis and the Communicative ESL Classroom |
| title_sort | morpheme analysis and the communicative esl classroom |
| topic | linguistic competence CLT morphemes ESL Communicative Language Teaching communicative competence Universal Grammar ELICOS |
| url | http://qa.englishaustralia.com.au/index.cgi?E=hsvalidator&template=journal http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/39990 |