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Hunter, D. and Smith, Richard (2012) Unpackaging the past : "CLT" through ELTJ keywords. ELT Journal, Volume 66 (Number 4). pp. 430-439. doi:10.1093/elt/ccs036 ISSN 0951-0893.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/elt/ccs036
Abstract
ELT history is often viewed as a succession of methods, but such a view tends to rest on a opackaging up' and labelling of complex and often contested past developments. This process ignores both continuity with earlier developments and diversity of contemporary opinion and often seems to serve as a way to clear the ground for self-proclaimed oprogress'. This article describes a study that was undertaken to promote an alternative view of the past. Taking as a starting point the way communicative language teaching (CLT) seems to be currently in the process of being packaged up in readiness for the odustbin of history', the study combined corpus-based and qualitative procedures to explore keywords in ELTJ articles during the early communicative period. By identifying themes discussed by contemporary writers themselves, we highlight areas of continuity with opre-communicative' methodology, and diversity within the communicative discussion itself, thus subverting the assumption that there was ever a wholly distinct, unitary, or oclassical' CLT to be lightly superseded.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | L Education > LB Theory and practice of education P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Applied Linguistics | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | ELT Journal | ||||
Publisher: | Oxford University Press | ||||
ISSN: | 0951-0893 | ||||
Official Date: | October 2012 | ||||
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Volume: | Volume 66 | ||||
Number: | Number 4 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 430-439 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1093/elt/ccs036 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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