ERIC Number: EJ671625
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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Communicative Curriculum Design for the 21st Century.
Savignon, Sandra J.
Forum, v40 n1 p2-7 Jan 2002
Discusses five components of an English-as-a-Foreign-Language communicative language teaching (CLT) curriculum. These include language arts, teaching language for a purpose, learning English for personal use, theater arts, and preparing learners for the world beyond the classroom. Suggests the essence of CLT is the engagement of learners in communication to allow them to develop their communicative competence. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Curriculum Design, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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