Electronic Resource
Oxford, UK
:
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Language learning
18 (1968), S. 0
ISSN:
1467-9922
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Linguistics and Literary Studies
,
Psychology
Notes:
The aim of a structure drill is for the learner to produce a number of utterances consisting of the same grammatical structure. A drill has two parts: the input (what is supplied to the learner); and the output (what the learner has to produce him-self). There are two methods of describing drills: by considering the relationship of each input/output pair; by considering the relationship of successive outputs. The latter method seems preferable. Contextualisation plays a part in drills and four degrees can be recognised: I. noncontextualised; II. semi-contextualised; III. contextualised; IV. situational. To aid contextualisation, drills may have frames–settings for the input or output unconnected with the particular structure being taught. Four operations are possible in a drill: A. Substitution, in which the outputs vary a master output by substituting items in various ways; B. Mutation, in which the output changes the structure of the input; C. Repetition; D. Addition, in which the successive outputs are added together.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-1770.1968.tb00203.x
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