Point-to-Point: A Response to "Communicative Competence and the Japanese Learner"

Page No.: 
69
Writer(s): 
Ronald Sheen

In JALT J ournaI 13/2, Rod Ellis published an article, "Communicative
Competence and the Japanese Learner," in which he has advocated
modest proposals for the improvement of English language teaching in
schools in Japan. In doing so, he shows some awareness of the
constraints on what is feasible; nevertheless, his rationale, both explicit
and implicit, does not withstand scrutiny.
His abstract begins with the statement

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