Robin C. Scarcella

Including contributions from well-known professionals in the field, this book focuses exclusively on the development of communicative competence in a second language. It begins with several theoretical approaches to the topic and then examines specific components of developing language ability: sociolinguistic, discourse, and strategic competence. A final section discusses practical approaches to developing language ability in the classroom. This text is appropriate for use in TESOL methodology, sociolinguistic and second language acquisition courses.… (más)