
ERIC Number: EJ645355
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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Making Sense of New Language: A Discourse Perspective.
Batstone, Rob
Language Awareness, v11 n1 p14-29 2002
Argues that in the initial stages of learning a new form in a foreign language and its associated functions, communicative needs and learning needs are fundamentally opposed. Suggests that what is needed is an orientation to language that is based on prior familiarity with specific forms and meaning that can be used in discourse as anchors to facilitate making sense of new language. (Author/VWL)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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