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Candler, W. J. – English Language Teaching Journal, 1981
It is helpful to elicit sentences using "binders" and to examine their properties together, especially when the indigenous language has textual and logical processes different from those of English. Such a procedure increases students' awareness of the delicacy of the clause/sentence grammar which pivots around these difficult words. (Author)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Group Discussion, Language Patterns, Learning Activities
Sims, Diana Mae – 1978
The rise of American English as the medium for exhange of scientific and technical information worldwide is a linguistic phenomenon. For some time, applied linguists in Britain have provided texts to meet the demand for English for special purposes and English for science and technology. Their works use a British form of language and cover British…
Descriptors: English, English for Special Purposes, English (Second Language), Language Patterns
Heddesheimer, C.; Holec, H. – 1972
This article considers the issue of the application of linguistic theory and knowledge about the way language functions to second language teaching. It is suggested that this application should be carried out by taking into account educational factors, such as the intended audience, the teaching methods, and the educational objectives. The choice…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Communicative Competence (Languages), Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy