Linguistic awareness in English philologytowards a new curriculum for language courses
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Universitat de Lleida
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- Caneda Cabrera, María Teresa (coord.)
- Pérez Guerra, Javier (coord.)
Verlag: Universidade de Vigo
ISBN: 84-921550-1-9
Datum der Publikation: 1996
Seiten: 211-216
Kongress: Asociación Española de Estudios Anglo-Norteamericanos. Congreso (19. 1995. Vigo)
Art: Konferenz-Beitrag
Zusammenfassung
The aim of this paper is to point out some guide-lines which, in the opinion of the author, should be present in the design of the language courses which form part of the English Philology curriculum. It is suggested that, as opposed to what happens at elementary and intermediate levels, there is very little reflection on language use in the teaching of advanced levels. This reflection should be done by combining three basic approaches to language: (i) a discourse approach (ii) a contrastive approach and (iii) a socio-pragmatic approach. The paper concludes with a brief discussion on the importance of linguistic awareness in language education.