Combining Form and Meaning.

Seedhouse, Paul

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ERIC Number: EJ552264

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1997

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Combining Form and Meaning.

Seedhouse, Paul

ELT Journal, v51 n4 p336-44 Oct 1997

Illustrates the problems inherent in an extreme focus on form and accuracy or meaning and fluency in English-as-a-Second-Language classes. Notes that current language teaching theory views a dual, simultaneous focus as desirable and proceeds to analyze the features of an authentic example of dual focus. (20 references) (Author/CK)

Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Databases, English (Second Language), Error Correction, Grammar, Language Fluency, Learning Activities, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods

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

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Language: English

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