Context and Relevance Theory in Language Teaching: An Exploratory Approach.

Wolf, Alain J. E.

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ERIC Number: EJ588002

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1999

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Context and Relevance Theory in Language Teaching: An Exploratory Approach.

Wolf, Alain J. E.

IRAL, v37 n2 p95-109 May 1999

Discusses aspects of context from a relevance-theoretic perspective and considers how this may lead to a better understanding of how language learners recover verbal input. Proposes that the way context is defined affects (1) the relationship between knowledge of language and context and (2) the way speakers access assumptions in everyday communication. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: Classroom Research, Communication (Thought Transfer), Context Effect, English (Second Language), Language Processing, Linguistic Input, Relevance (Education), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Textbook Evaluation

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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