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Initiating Communication in the ESL Classroom
Olsen, Judy Winn-Bell; Gosak, Alice
English Language Teaching Journal, 32, 4, 265-70, Jul 78
Suggests five techniques to be used by the teacher of English as a second language to initiate communication in the classroom: (1) the interview; (2) the mutual interview; (3) the class story; (4) the journal; and (5) role-playing and problem-solving. (CFM)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Communicative Competence (Languages), Conversational Language Courses, English (Second Language), Higher Education, Interviews, Language Fluency, Language Instruction, Problem Solving, Role Playing, Secondary Education, Speech Communication, Story Telling, Teaching Methods
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