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Publication Date: 1995
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On the Teachability of Communication Strategies.
Dornyei, Zoltan
TESOL Quarterly, v29 n1 p55-85 Spr 1995
Examines whether or not communication strategies (CS) can be taught and suggests reasons for the controversy surrounding the teachability of CS. Also reports on a study of CS training with Hungarian secondary students, the results of which suggest that quantity and quality of learners' use of CS does improve with focused instruction. (Contains 62 references.) (LR)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Skills, Cross Cultural Training, Educational Experiments, Educational Strategies, Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Language Proficiency, Learning Strategies, Pretests Posttests, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Secondary Education, Sociolinguistics, Speech Communication, Teaching Methods
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Hungary
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