A Successful Approach for Teaching Oral Communication.

Powers, Michael D.; Curtis, Gerald G.

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Publication Date: 1984

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A Successful Approach for Teaching Oral Communication.

Powers, Michael D.; Curtis, Gerald G.

Hispania, v67 n4 p616-19 Dec 1984

Examines an integrative approach for teaching communicative competence among first-year students learning a second language (Spanish). Results of the study indicate that those students who participated in regularly scheduled individual interviews with the instructors improved their oral communication skills considerably more than those who did not. (SL)

Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Creative Activities, Higher Education, Interviews, Language Tests, Second Language Instruction, Spanish, Speech Skills, Student Participation, Teacher Student Relationship

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom

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Language: English

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