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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Main Author: Conlan, Chris
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2001
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Online Access:http://qa.englishaustralia.com.au/index.cgi?E=hsvalidator&template=journal
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/39990
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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