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Communicative Language Teaching: An Incomplete Revolution
Author(s) -
Whitley M. Stanley
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
foreign language annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.258
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1944-9720
pISSN - 0015-718X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1944-9720.1993.tb01162.x
Subject(s) - confusion , communicative language teaching , linguistics , sociology , field (mathematics) , language education , teaching method , epistemology , psychology , pedagogy , philosophy , mathematics , psychoanalysis , pure mathematics
Communicative language teaching has been hailed as a revolution, and it has achieved a solid base of widely accepted principles setting it apart from previous paradigms. Yet its transmission from scholars to teachers has been hampered by unnecessary debate and confusion. This paper explores the reasons why the channels of diffusion in the field have been unsuccessful, and suggests that further progress depends on overcoming disunity and translating consensus into standard course materials appropriate to local teaching conditions.