ABSTRACT
Most common designation for those areas in applied linguistics and language pedagogy that are concerned with the theory and practice of foreign-language instruction. Important areas of foreign-language pedagogy are (a) decisions about instructional goals (type and scope of desired proficiency); (b) studies on the requisites of language learning (motivation, talent, prior knowledge, age of the learner, the organization of language instruction, etc.); (c) research and compilation of instructional materials; and (d) diagnostic methods of evaluating proficiency (proficiency tests, testing procedures). ( also language test, second language acquisition)
References
Hammerly, H. 1991. Fluency and accuracy: toward balance in language teaching and learning. Clevedon.
