Waystage English: An Intermediary Objective below Threshold Level in a European Unit/Credit System of Modern Language Learning by Adults.

Autor/inn/en	Ek, J. A. Van; und weitere
Institution	Council of Europe, Strasbourg (France).
Titel	Waystage English: An Intermediary Objective below Threshold Level in a European Unit/Credit System of Modern Language Learning by Adults.
Quelle	(1980), (101 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	0-08-024590-0
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Adult Education; Communication Skills; Communicative Competence (Languages); English (Second Language); Notional Functional Syllabi; Postsecondary Education; Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; Threshold Level (Languages); Vocabulary Skills + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Kommunikationsstil; Communicative competence; Languages; Kommunikative Kompetenz; Sprache; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Funktional-notionaler Ansatz; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Aktiver Wortschatz
Abstract	This book is a response to the recognition that the achievement of the threshold level of second language proficiency is for many adults an overly ambitious objective. The degree of communicative competence that will be imparted by the waystage approach will be about halfway between zero and the threshold level. This degree of competence will permit a significant ability to function among speakers of the second language without providing across-the-board skills in handling the language forms that will be encountered in ordinary communication situations. This document provides theoretical and practical information to persons involved in the adminstration and contruction of waystage programs and courses. The bulk of this volume consists of a listing of topic-related notions and common English referents, or exponents, to these notions. Emphasis is on survival areas of competence (identification, home, travel, health, and so on). A significant difference between this and the threshold approach is that the waystage approach does not distinguish between exponents for productive and receptive use on the one hand and exponents for receptive use alone on the other. Lexical and structural inventories follow the notional-functional inventory. A discussion of methodological considerations is appended. (JB)
Anmerkungen	Pergamon Press Inc., Maxwell House, Fairview Park, Elmsford, NY 10523 ($5.95).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC