Integrating the language laboratory with a communicative approach to teaching English second language to Afrikaans-spreakers at senior secondary and tertiary levels in South Africa : an exploratory study
Date
1985
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Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University
Abstract
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Three decades ago, the language laboratory was enthusiastically received by second language teachers throughout the world. Originally regarded as an effective means of promoting language learning according to behaviouristic theory, the laboratory is still regarded by many as a sophisticated drilling machine. The principles of audio-lingualism have now been discredited by most linguists, and with the shift to communicative language teaching, the laboratory runs the risk of falling into disuse. Experiments with new material may determine whether the language laboratory still has a role to play in second language acquisition in the eighties.
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Thesis (M. Ed.) -- University of Stellenbosch, 1985.
Spine title: Using the language laboratory to teach English L2.
Spine title: Using the language laboratory to teach English L2.
Keywords
English language -- Study and teaching -- Audio-visual aids, Language laboratories, Dissertations -- Education