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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... teaching to gain high levels of proficiency and to use their own learner background to deploy particularly relevant ... teachers are teaching what is to them a foreign language . A supportive view , though not Losing One's Language 163.
... teaching to gain high levels of proficiency and to use their own learner background to deploy particularly relevant ... teachers are teaching what is to them a foreign language . A supportive view , though not Losing One's Language 163.
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... teachers of English . Hill ( 1996 : 32 ) comments : the majority of Indonesian learners will use English to communicate with other non - native speakers within South - East Asia . For this reason it was decided the test should emphasize ...
... teachers of English . Hill ( 1996 : 32 ) comments : the majority of Indonesian learners will use English to communicate with other non - native speakers within South - East Asia . For this reason it was decided the test should emphasize ...
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... Teaching . Mahwah , NJ : Erlbaum . Brass , P.R. ( 1974 ) Language Religion and Politics in North India . Cambridge ... teachers , awareness and agency . ELT Journal 53 ( 3 ) , 207-13 . Canagarajah , S. ( 1999b ) Resisting Linguistic ...
... Teaching . Mahwah , NJ : Erlbaum . Brass , P.R. ( 1974 ) Language Religion and Politics in North India . Cambridge ... teachers , awareness and agency . ELT Journal 53 ( 3 ) , 207-13 . Canagarajah , S. ( 1999b ) Resisting Linguistic ...
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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