TESL: The Crucial Role of Formal and Explicit Instruction and Learners' Prior Knowledge [electronic resource] : An Example in Learners of Chinese Background / May Xiu-qin Zhang.

This paper argues that formal and explicit instruction and learners' prior knowledge play a crucial role in teaching and learning English as a second language (ESL), and that a pure communicative approach is inadequate in achieving optimum results. The discussion is presented in two parts. The...

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