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"I Prefer Not Text": Developing Japanese Learners' Communicative Competence with Authentic Materials
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Gilmore, Alex – Language Learning, 2011
This quasi-experimental study reports on a 10-month classroom-based longitudinal investigation, exploring the potential of authentic materials to develop Japanese learners' communicative competence in English. Sixty-two second-year university students were assigned to either a control group receiving textbook input or an experimental group…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Textbooks, Listening Comprehension Tests