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Language Play, Language Learning.
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Cook, Guy – ELT Journal, 1997
Challenges the belief in contemporary English language teaching that students should be exposed to authentic or natural language focused on achieving practical purposes, and draws some lessons from the classroom from the way young children play with language. (15 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Adults, Child Language, Childrens Games, Course Content