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ERIC Number: EJ912917
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-1578-7044
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Practice for Second Language Learning: Don't Throw out the Baby with the Bathwater
DeKeyser, Robert
International Journal of English Studies, v10 n1 p155-165 2010
After presenting some of the main arguments against certain narrow concepts of second language practice, this article argues that a broader concept of practice, still focused on form or even forms, but with due attention to form-meaning links and with appropriate sequencing of activities to ensure declarative knowledge first, followed by its proceduralization and (at least partial) automatization, is as relevant as ever. A brief overview is given of the range of activities that fall within this concept, and recommendations are made for adaptation to students' individual and group differences.
University of Murcia. Department of English Philology Merced Campus, Calle Santo Cristo 1, Murcia 30071 Spain. Tel: +34-868-88-3406; Fax: +34-868-88-3409; e-mail: publicaciones@um.es; Web site: http://www.um.es/ijes
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Language: English
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