Communication Activities As Vocabulary Boosters

Authors

Neville Laing

Publication Date

1993-01-01

Abstract

English courses in Asian high school concentrate heavily on teaching the ability to recognise correct grammatical form (grammatical accuracy). Other goals of language teaching, such as fluency and communicative ability, receive relatively little emphasis. This paper contends that (1) the ability to communicate is the first goal of language teaching as both fluency and grammatical accuracy are meaningless without it, and that (2) an extensive vocabulary plays a much larger role than a knowledge of grammar in achieving this ability. The emphasis here is placed on the importance of appropriate vocabulary selection to ensure that the most useful words are learned first and the class activities provided should stimulate immediate opportunities for learners to use these words to communicate with others.

DOI

10.58837/CHULA.PASAA.23.1.2

First Page

16

Last Page

27

Recommended Citation

Laing, Neville (1993) "Communication Activities As Vocabulary Boosters," PASAA: Vol. 23: Iss. 1, Article 3.
DOI: 10.58837/CHULA.PASAA.23.1.2
Available at: https://digital.car.chula.ac.th/pasaa/vol23/iss1/3