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Frey, Herschel – Hispania, 1988
Stresses the importance of "teacher talk" in the foreign language classroom. Recommendations include fitting the level of language to the learner, balancing practice of both lexicon and grammar, limiting redundancy, and suiting content of the language to each sentence's specific purpose. Examples of faulty teacher talk in Spanish are…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Classroom Techniques, Discourse Analysis, Language Skills