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| aims to provide practical applications of theory and research in language acquisition | |
| EAL | |
| EWL | |
| CLT | |
| ESP | |
| the initials of the term applied to courses formulated according the the students' needs | |
| (initials) developed in the 70s; emphasizes speaking and listening; teaching English as a tool for communication instead of a system | |
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| Who brought up the 'growing uncertainly surround the terms 'first language' and 'second language?' | |
| term used to describe the many varieties of English spoken in the world today | |
| the study of how peole typically convey meaning in context (taking turns in coversation; text organization; presupposition; deixis) | |
| the function or use of deictic words | |
| words whose meaning is dependent on the context: here, you, me, that one there, next Tuesday | |
| another term for deictic | |
| new, large-scale computer-based language analysis | |
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