ABSTRACT
The fundamental idea behind the propositional-cluster approach is the need for consciousness-raising activity. The exercise of grammatical options can be carried out by the learner in a manner that is consistent with principles of target-language organization. In English, in particular, the choice of material to fill the major-constituent positions of subject and object of a verb produces a grammatical ripple effect throughout the sentence precisely because the major sentence-constituent positions are definable in grammatical terms. The history of consciousness-raising in language pedagogy is, as long as the history of the field itself. Moreover, it is obvious that C-R does not necessarily mean the same thing for different researchers and practitioners. Whereas for some it may represent mere exposure to language embodying a particular structural phenomenon, for others it could represent the formal articulation of some rule of pedagogical grammar.
