INTRODUCTION

INTRODUCTION

KAPLUN (1998)
1. "Defining what we understand by language and its culture will mean to say what kind of society we want to live in".
Learning a second language
1. more and more important
2. proficiency level
  1. different purposes
    1. travelling abroad
    2. job/business
    3. new cultures
EDUCATION
1. important role
  1. acquisition of English as a Foreign Language
    1. EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM CHANGED
      1. citizens needs
      2. CHILDREN
        learn in a more natural way
        put their skills into practice in real-life
        teachers aware of BUT ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD
        examine
        the evolution of the educative system
        analyse factors defining a communicative situation
      3. Spanish Law
        Implementation at early stages
        Objectives
        Methodologies
2. problem some decades ago
  1. vertical model
    1. tecaher
      1. main protagonist
        lesson
        learning by heart
        contents / take exam
    2. pupils
      1. mere attendants
        lack of motivation
        school dropout
Knowledge and Information society
1. Language as a means of communication
2. critical analytical thinking
3. 1970: THE COMMUNICATIVE APPROACH EMIREC-EMIREC
  1. able to communicate
    1. effeciently
    2. using all skillks
      1. integrated way
  2. language not an aim but a tool

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