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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 fulfilment
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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If you know of any related publications or discussions
freely available online, please contact me. |
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