Fluency and accuracy
Subtitle: toward balance in language teaching and learning
By: Hector Hammerly.
Series: Multilingual matters ;; 73; Multilingual matters (Series) ;; 73.
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Clevedon, Avon, England; Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
Subjects: Language and languages -- Study and teaching.; Second language acquisition.
Description: A text which provides solutions to the problem of inaccuracies resulting from an emphasis on fluency. It suggests that the restoration of balance depends upon a greater understanding of proficiency and of the roles of cross-linguistic influence, systematic instruction and the correction of errors.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-200) and index.