The Native Speaker: Myth and RealityLinguists, applied linguists and language teachers all appeal to the native speaker as an important reference point. But what exactly (who exactly?) is the native speaker? This book examines the native speaker from different points of view, arguing that the native speaker is both myth and reality. |
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Page 87
... performance and competence . Performance ( in chess , tennis , games - and language ) means putting into action Knowledge 1-3 , that is playing the game , producing , using the language . There are , of course , different levels of ...
... performance and competence . Performance ( in chess , tennis , games - and language ) means putting into action Knowledge 1-3 , that is playing the game , producing , using the language . There are , of course , different levels of ...
Page 88
... performance and proficiency ; and what the performance of Knowledge 4 demonstrates in illustrating levels of proficiency is precisely the extent to which Knowledges 1-3 have been internalised . Knowledges and Language Let me now move ...
... performance and proficiency ; and what the performance of Knowledge 4 demonstrates in illustrating levels of proficiency is precisely the extent to which Knowledges 1-3 have been internalised . Knowledges and Language Let me now move ...
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... performance which we may wish to describe as level of mastery . The point we are making here is that rank ordering and criterion ordering do not represent different philosophical or political positions even though they are often ...
... performance which we may wish to describe as level of mastery . The point we are making here is that rank ordering and criterion ordering do not represent different philosophical or political positions even though they are often ...
Contents
Psycholinguistic Aspects of the Native Speaker | 9 |
Sociolinguistic Aspects of the Native Speaker | 51 |
Lingualism and the Knowledges of the Native Speaker | 77 |
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