Language Variation and the Death of Language Teaching [microform] / Christopher Brumfit.

The effect of language variation on language teaching is considered. It is suggested there has been a shift away from the notion that a language can be perceived by learners as a fixed system to an emphasis on its negotiability in a social context. This is not precisely the shift from grammatical co...

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Online Access:	Request ERIC Document
Main Author:	Brumfit, Christopher
Format:	Microfilm Book
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1981.
Subjects:	Communicative Competence (Languages) Elementary Secondary Education. Higher Education. Language Skills. Language Variation. Learning Processes. Linguistic Theory. Second Language Instruction. Second Language Learning. Student Role. Student Teacher Relationship. Teacher Role.