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VOLUME XXXV NUMBER 2 JANUARY 1981

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English Language
Teaching
VOLUME XXXV NUMBER 2 JANUARY 1981

Contents
D.R. Scarbrough Interaction and the Individual 83
Suzanne Salimbene Non-Frontal Teaching Methodology 89
N. F. Brookes Encouraging Signs 95
William T. Littlewood Situational Variation in English 97
Peter G.Robinsctn Language Learning at the Advanced Level 101
Rod Wheeler Structure Interaction—the Present Continuous and its
'Companions' 106
Raphael Gefen Teaching English to Less-Able Learners 109
Joanna Channell Applying Semantic Theory to Vocabulary Teaching 115
Leo Loveday On the Not-so-Obvious: Pragmatics in ELT 122
Michael Berman Making Use of Questionnaires and Surveys 126
S. F. Whitaker Focusing on a Point of Spelling 130
P. H. Breitenstein .For-Adjunct with Infinitive 132
Anthony Fairman Using Traditional Stories 134
C. R.J.Watson Classroom Discussion as a Prelude to Reading 137
Max Emanuel Read and Question: A Question-Forming Exercise 139
A. S. Bruton A Decision-Making Approach to the Extended Writing
Lesson 141
W. J. Candler Discovery with 'Binders' 146
Mohan R. Limaye Developing Sentence Sense 149
O. R. Pearse Where After 'Process'? Further Points on Teaching the
Passive 153
Marcia Rollin Woodward A Tutorial Component in the ESL Writing
Course 158
A rthur Hughes Conversational Cloze as a Measure of Oral Ability 161
John C. Maher Guided Poetry Composition 168
S. C. Sood Use of the Mother-Tongue in Teaching Learners to
Choose the Appropriate Form of the Indefinite Article 172
Emilio G. Cortez Anglo Educators and Puerto Rican Children—
Understanding Across Cultures 174
Dora Tarrant The Visit as a Language-Learning Method for
Advanced Courses 178
Richard Schreck The Advanced TEFL-Training Practicum at Ain
Shams 184
Miklos Kontra On Teaching English in Hungary in the 1970s 186
Kleinmann and Selekman The Use and Sequencing of Dicto-Comp
Exercises 191
Erratum 195
Reviews 195
Newsboard 202
Question Box 203
Notes on Contributors 204