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Gabrielatos, C. (1992). Teaching Communication
and Interaction Strategies: An action research project with Greek teenagers
at intermediate level. Project submitted in partial fulfilment of the
RSA/Cambridge Diploma for Overseas Teachers of English. |
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Introduction The choice of
this project was largely determined by the fact that very little attention
had been given to fluency and student interaction during the previous years
of tuition of the group of students concerned. As a result, students had developed
inhibitions towards using the target language which had a negative impact on
their oral performance. It would,
therefore, be an opportunity and a challenge for me to examine the effectiveness
of certain activities and techniques in helping students shed their
inhibitions and become more fluent communicators. |
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Key words Speaking
skills, communication strategies, interaction strategies, English language teaching,
language teaching methodology, EFL, ESL, ESOL, ELT, TESOL. |
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Relevant details This is the
report of an action research project on oral communication and interaction
strategies I conducted in February and March 1992, and submitted in April
1992 in partial fulfillment of the RSA/Cambridge Diploma for Overseas
Teachers of English. It is reproduced here with minor changes in wording,
reference conventions and the numbering of sections, with some footnotes
incorporated in the text, and some extremely short sub-sections combined. The
transcripts of activities and feedback discussions, as well as the tasksheets
and handouts will be made available as soon as possible. |
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Related articles and conference papers by the same author |
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Gabrielatos, C. (1993). Learning how to fish: Fostering
fluency and independence. TESOL Greece
Newsletter 38, 23-26. |
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Gabrielatos, C.
(1997). A question of function: Teacher questions in the EFL classroom. Paper
given at 18th Annual TESOL Greece Convention, National Bank of Greece Training Centre, Glyfada, Greece, 12-13 April
1997. |
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Gabrielatos, C. (2002). EFL writing: Product and process. ERIC, ED476839. |
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