Acknowledgements
Preface
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SECTION ONE The linguistic background
D.H.Hymes:On Communicative Competence(extracts)
M.A.K.Halliday:Towards a Sociological Semantics
(extracts)
SECTION TWO The background to teaching
H.G.Widdowson:Directions in the Teaching of Dis—
COUrse
H.G.Widdowson:The Deep Structure of Discourse and
the Use of Translation
Christ0Dher N.Candlin:The Status of Pedagogical
Grammars
D.A.Wilkins:Grammatical,Situational and Notional
Syllabuses
D.A.Wilkins:Notional Syllabuses and the Concept of a
Minimum Adequate Grammar
SECTION THREE Applications and techniques
J.L.M.Trim~Draft Outline of a European Unit/Credit
System for Modern Language Learning by Adults
(extract)
T.van Ek:The Threshold Level(extracts)
。H.G.Widdowson:The Teaching of English as Com
munication
J.P.B.Allen and H.G.Widdowson:Teaching the
Communicative Use of English
Keith Morrow:Communicative Language Testing:
Revolution or E:volution?
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SECTION FOUR Methodological perspectives
Leonard Newmark:How Not to Interfere with Language
Leamm~
Richard A。llwright:Language Learning through Com。
munication Practice
C.J.Bmmfit:‘Communicative’Language Teaching:an
Educational Perspective
Keith Johnson:Communicative Approaches and Corn。
municative Processes
Conclusion
APPENDIX Extracts from teaching materials
References
Index