Need We Sacrifice Accuracy for Fluency?.

Nikolov, Marianne; Krashen, Stephen

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ERIC Number: EJ547525

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Publication Date: 1997

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Need We Sacrifice Accuracy for Fluency?

Nikolov, Marianne; Krashen, Stephen

System, v25 n2 p197-201 Jun 1997

Compares children who studied English as a foreign language in Hungary with a communication/content-based approach to similar children who studied English with a form-based traditional approach. Findings reveal that the former were slightly more accurate in their production of grammatical morphemes in an oral interview and were more fluent. (three references) (Author/CK)

Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Grammar, Language Fluency, Morphemes, Oral Language, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Hungary

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