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Date Posted: 16:45:59 10/08/05 Sat
Author: Mariléia Xavier
Subject: Re: Citing Resources - Teaching Grammar in effective way
In reply to: Jane Queiroz 's message, "Citing Resources - Teaching Grammar in effective way" on 16:41:21 10/07/05 Fri

>Communication focused activities are well known for
>being motivating and providing good opportunity for
>real use of the language. This kind of activity claims(A)
>to provide the learners with the necessary
>“comprehensible input” (Krashen – 1985(B)) that will
>support them in real conversations, unlikely a list of
>grammar rules that does nothing but demotivate the
>students. In other words, this approach brings a
>development in fluency and a decrease in accuracy
>(Richards (C) 1999, p.3)

Jane, I hope my comments can help you.
A) Sorry if I´m wrong, but I think SOMEONE claims something or something is claimed,but THIS KIND OF ACTIVITY can not claim. Could you check that verb?
B) What do you thik about writing the page here? Don´t forget to put a comma after the author`s name and the year.
C)You shoud use a comma here.

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  • Re: Citing Resources - Teaching Grammar in effective way -- Eduardo Ferreira Costa, 10:12:51 10/09/05 Sun
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