Second Language Practice

Classroom Strategies for Developing Communicative Competence

Häftad, Engelska, 1995

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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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum1995-09-22
Mått148 x 210 x 10 mm
Vikt236 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieMultilingual Matters
Antal sidor176
FörlagChannel View Publications Ltd
ISBN9781853593055

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Georges Duquette (Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo) is Associate Professor at the School of Education, Laurentian University. He has taught English and French both as a first and second language at the elementary and secondary school levels and later, classroom methodology and second language university courses. His publications on bilingual and minority language education have appeared in journals in Canada, the U.S. and Europe. He is, with Lilliam Malave, co-editor of Language, Culture and Cognition (Multilingual Matters, 1991) and author of Methodes et strategies pour l'enseignement au secondaire (Les editions Soleil Publications, 1992).

IntroductionPerformance GoalsAcknowledgementsBiographical Notes on the Contributing AuthorsLEVEL 1: EARLY STUDENT COMPREHENSION AND RESPONSE1. Glenwood Irons: Strategies for Beginning Listening Comprehension2. Anne Bourque and Sylvain Jacques: Increasing Comprehension Skills Through Listening and Asking Questions3. Gisele Painchaud and Raymond Leblanc: Teaching the Receptive Skills at the Basic LevelLEVEL 2: CONTEXT-BASED COMPREHENSION AND INTERACTION4. Georges Duquette: Developing Comprehension and Interaction Skills with Idiomatic Expressions5. Joan Netten and Janette Planchat-Ferguson: Strategies for Developing Communicative Competence with Emphasis on Comprehensible InputLEVEL 3: MEANING-BASED COMMUNICATION AND PROBLEM-SOLVING6. Hana Svab and Ted Miltenberger: Integrating Communication and Social Skills Using Ensemble Techniques7. Suzanne Majhanovich and Jumin Hu: Communicative Strategies for Intermediate Level Second Language ClassesLEVEL 4: GROUP WORK AND THE COOPERATIVE APPROACH8. Christina Bratt Paulston and Gail Britanik: Magic or Chaos: Task-based Group Work9. Mary Calder: One Peer Response Group in an ESL Writing Class: A Case StudyLEVEL 5: REFINING LITERACY SKILLS10. Pierre Demers and Guylaine Berube: Correction of Speech Errors: Some Suggestions11. William T. Fagan: Collaborative Strategies for Narrative Structure12. Michelle Clement and Diane Lataille-Demore: Writing a Short Story Through Sharing and ReflectingEVALUATION13. Joseph E. Dicks and Sally Rehorick: Oral Communication Assessment and the Portfolio Concept