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Publication Date: 1984
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Learner Needs, Teacher Skills and Classroom Resources.
Byrne, Donn
TESL Canada Journal, v1 n1 p33-40 Jan 1984
Proposes model of language teaching designed to balance teacher/learner input, whole class teaching vs. small group work, and teaching language as either form or function. Although amount of teacher intervention varies, all classroom activities are communicative, providing a situation where students are involved, contributing and interacting with each other, while teachers are providing direction, encouraging originality, and giving information. (SL)
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages), Language Fluency, Linguistic Performance, Listening Skills, Modern Language Curriculum, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Models
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Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Note: Paper presented at the SPEAQ Convention (Montreal, Quebec, June 17, 1983).
