LANGUAGE FOR LIVING: A PRINCIPLED APPROACH TO TEACHING MOTHER TONGUE

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  • Peter Doughty Manchester College of Education

Abstract

Probably the chief obstacle to plain sailing in English classrooms in these days is the inconsistency of principle manifest in the daily practice of many teachers. Peter Doughty points to the failure to recognize the fundamental differences between the language used every day for life and the specialized school variety that he calls "language for learning" as the cause of most of the confusion and consequent failure to achieve any real results with teaching. His frequent references to Language for Use, that landmark text of which he was co-author (that is not so widely used in Canada as it might be) are justified by its universally acknowledged and outstanding practicality. But without a grasp of certain principles of action, he is saying, no text is enough.

Author Biography

Peter Doughty, Manchester College of Education

Peter Doughty, the author of a number of books on the teaching of English, was responsible for the design and development of that landmark in textbook-making, Language in Use, while a member of the Programme in Linguistics and English teaching at University College, London. He is at present Senior Lecturer in English at the Manchester College of Education.

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1979-01-01

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Doughty, P. (1979). LANGUAGE FOR LIVING: A PRINCIPLED APPROACH TO TEACHING MOTHER TONGUE. McGill Journal of Education / Revue Des Sciences De l’éducation De McGill, 14(001). Retrieved from https://mje.mcgill.ca/article/view/7254

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