Communicative methodology in language teaching : the roles of fluency and accuracy /
Christopher Brumfit.
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1984.
- x, 166 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Cambridge language teaching library .
Contents 1. Research methodology, teaching methodology and educational values Science, Human svience and Non-science Social science and the methodology of teaching Educational research and language-teaching methodology
2. Language and language acquisition: a contemporary view The nature of human language Language acquisition Second language acquisition
3. Language forma and language value An initial historical note The case for a polarity
4. Accuracy and fluency The basic polarity Learning and teaching An interim model of the language-teaching process
5. The bases for fluency activity: small-group work and a natural linguistic environment Classroom organization Group-work activity in education Group work in foreign-and second-language learning Fluency in comprehension Fluency in writing etc
6. The content of language teaching: Language and meaning Process and product Proposals for communicative content The Bangalore project Meaning and the language syllabus
7. Language learning as an integrated process Context for an integrated model The role of a product-based syllabus Integration of the model
8. A fluency-based model of language-learning: problems and implications Research and administration Fluency distinguished from accuracy Fluency and serious content
Includes index.
Revision of thesis (Ph. D.)--University of London, 1983.
Bibliography: p. 147-162.
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Language and languages--Study and teaching. Communicative competence.