Linguistics and Language Teaching. Friends or Foes

This paper attempts to analyze the relationship between linguistics and language teaching, pointing out how linguistics may facilítate the teacher's understanding of the workings of the language and, consequently, the process of explaining that language to the student. We intend to demónstrate...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Blanco Gómez, María Luisa, Henderson Osborne, Rosalie
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2000
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Alcalá (UAH)
Repositorio:e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcalá
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ebuah.uah.es:10017/948
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10017/948
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Humanidades
Humanities
Filología hispánica
Spanish philology
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Sumario:This paper attempts to analyze the relationship between linguistics and language teaching, pointing out how linguistics may facilítate the teacher's understanding of the workings of the language and, consequently, the process of explaining that language to the student. We intend to demónstrate that highlighting frequent translation errors, related to vocabulary, word-order, word-formation, etc., and their subsequent correction in class, contributes to an improved language awareness on the part of our students