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An Experiment in Extemporaneous Conversation
Author(s) -
Clement Besse
Publication year - 1937
Publication title -
the modern language journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.486
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1540-4781
pISSN - 0026-7902
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-4781.1937.tb00567.x
Subject(s) - conversation , expression (computer science) , linguistics , psychology , conversation analysis , computer science , communication , programming language , philosophy
Author's Summary.— In a course intended to supplement conversation classes with assigned topics—to approximate everyday use of the language—a wide range of material and many different devices of procedure were used. The chief benefit to the students was the ease of expression developed by extemporaneous conversation.