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  ERICDIGESTS.ORG SEARCH FOR ERIC DIGESTS LIBRARIES ESPANOL ABOUT ERIC Identifier:  ED357642 Publication Date:  1993-06-00 Author:  Galloway, Ann Source:  ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics Washington DC. Communicative Language Teaching: An Introduction and Sample Activities. ERIC Digest. This digest will take a look at the communicative approach to the teaching of foreign languages. It is intended as an introduction to the communicative approach for teachers and teachers-in-training who want to provide opportunities in the classroom for their students to engage in real-life communication in the target language. Questions to be dealt with include what the communicative approach is, where it came from, and how teachers' and students' roles differ from the roles they play in other teaching approaches. Examples of exercises that can be used with a communicative approach are described, and sources of appropriate materials are provided. WHERE DOES COMMUN...

  ERIC Identifier:  ED456670 Publication Date:  2001-09-00 Author:  Oxford, Rebecca Source:  ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics Washington DC. Integrated Skills in the ESL/EFL Classroom. ERIC Digest. One image for teaching English as a second or foreign language (ESL/EFL) is that of a tapestry. The tapestry is woven from many strands, such as the characteristics of the teacher, the learner, the setting, and the relevant languages (i.e., English and the native languages of the learners and the teacher). For the instructional loom to produce a large, strong, beautiful, colorful tapestry, all of these strands must be interwoven in positive ways. For example, the instructor's teaching style must address the learning style of the learner, the learner must be motivated, and the setting must provide resources and values that strongly support the teaching of the language. However, if the strands are not woven together effectively, the instructional loom is ...

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