Explicitness and implicitness as perceived by EFL teachers : a study based on the analysis of the explicit and implicit teaching potential of teaching materials (original) (raw)
aAbstract of the thesis Activities represent a fundamental instrument for teaching English as a Foreign Language in the classroom. All activities without exception carry a specific explicit and/or implicit teaching load that favours the development of specific L2 knowledge features. Whereas there are activities whose primary goal is the explicit and implicit teaching of declarative knowledge on the forms of language (e.g. form-focused instruction activities), other activities explicitly or implicitly foster the proceduralization and automatization of L2 knowledge (e.g. meaning-focused instruction activities). Inasmuch as teachers' selection of EFL activities is paramount for the balanced development of the L2 in terms of declarative and procedural knowledge, L2 instructors should demonstrate a good command of the explicit and implicit teaching potential of real activities. Objective Given the lack of studies -to my knowledge- attempting to objectively measure EFL teachers' u...
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