Beyond Contextual Studies: Considerations of Language Aptitude and Motivation in Advanced Language Teaching.

McDonald, Peter F.; Sager, J. C.

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Beyond Contextual Studies: Considerations of Language Aptitude and Motivation in Advanced Language Teaching

McDonald, Peter F.; Sager, J. C.

International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 13, 1, 19-34, Feb 75

This article maintains that advanced language learning is inseparable from subject study in the foreign language in question, and that the teaching of specific disciplines in a foreign language should be the cornerstone of advanced language study. Curriculum and methods for advanced levels are discussed. (CLK)

Descriptors: Advanced Students, Cognitive Processes, Higher Education, Language Aptitude, Language Instruction, Language Learning Levels, Language Skills, Modern Language Curriculum, Second Language Learning, Student Motivation, Teaching Methods

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