Many people learning English believe that talking to native speakers,especially in natural settings is a desirable way to promote acquisition.It might be so.Yet it can be a myth because foreigner talk can’t serve as ...Many people learning English believe that talking to native speakers,especially in natural settings is a desirable way to promote acquisition.It might be so.Yet it can be a myth because foreigner talk can’t serve as good a pedagogical purpose as teacher talk does in many ways.This paper compares some characteristics of the two kinds of talk and suggests the advantage teacher talk has over the latter.展开更多
文摘Many people learning English believe that talking to native speakers,especially in natural settings is a desirable way to promote acquisition.It might be so.Yet it can be a myth because foreigner talk can’t serve as good a pedagogical purpose as teacher talk does in many ways.This paper compares some characteristics of the two kinds of talk and suggests the advantage teacher talk has over the latter.
