The Evidence is IN: Drills are OUT  

Oleh:

Wong, Wynne ; VanPatten, Bill

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Foreign Language Annals (Full Text; di PROQUEST 2004 - terbaru) vol. 36 no. 3 (2003), page 403-423.
Fulltext: 36_03_Wong.pdf (2.01MB)

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This article focuses on an aspect of traditional instruction - theform-only activities commonly called ”drills, ‘I “mechanical practice, I‘ or “pattern practice. ‘I The authors first distinguish language as an internalized system from language as a productive skill and review the nature of mechanical pratice. They contend that despite claims made about communicative language teaching and its goals, drills and form-only foreign language activities are still widely used in today’s classrooms. After reviewing research on the utility of drills, the authors conclude that these activities are not necessary or beneficial forforeign language acquisition or the development of fluency and should be discarded from instructional practice

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