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Abstract
In 1964, the Stanford linguist Robert Politzer made a surprising claim in the pages of the Modern Language Journal. American linguists were then attaining unprecedented influence in the field of foreign-language teaching, promising dramatically improved results if teachers adhered to their methods and shaping classroom practices and materials from primary to postsecondary contexts. Politzer concluded that the reason for linguists’ influence was not, however, due to the merit of their ideas alone. “[Linguistic] theory by itself is perhaps not sufficient to shape pedagogical procedure,” he wrote. “[Above] all, our general attitude toward international communication [is] decisive.”1
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 106-131 |
Number of pages | 26 |
Journal | Diplomatic History |
Volume | 45 |
Issue number | 1 |
Early online date | 5 Dec 2020 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2021 |
Funding
The author wishes to thank the Hong Kong Research Grants Council (General Research Fund grant #13601118) for research support essential to this article..
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Applied Linguistics in the American Century (美國世紀下的應用語言學)
LEMBERG, D. L. (PI)
Research Grants Council (HKSAR)
1/01/19 → 31/12/21
Project: Grant Research