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Whither, the Language Club?
Author(s) -
Orwen Gifford P.
Publication year - 1943
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.1540-4781.1943.tb00172.x
Subject(s) - club , scope (computer science) , conversation , foreign language , class (philosophy) , linguistics , first language , psychology , sociology , computer science , philosophy , medicine , artificial intelligence , programming language , anatomy
Author's summary.— Real conversation practice in a foreign tongue is best handled in serious class groups. The language club, while of negligible benefit in this regard, has its own raison d'être . Suggestions follow for stimulating this moribund organization and redirecting its scope.