Nurseries, Streets and Classrooms: Some Comparisons and Deductions.

Macnamara, John

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Publication Date: 1973

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Nurseries, Streets and Classrooms: Some Comparisons and Deductions

Macnamara, John

Modern Language Journal, 57, 5-6, 250-4, Sep-Oct 73

Discusses the belief that meaning is primary to a child learning language and concludes that teachers should develop language programs in which the use of language would be essential rather than incidental. (RL)

Descriptors: Child Language, Language Instruction, Learning Theories, Modern Languages, Second Language Learning, Social Dialects, Speech, Speech Communication, Standard Spoken Usage

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