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Developing Communicative Competence through Content-Based Instruction

An Action Research Study in Colombia

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Experiments in Agency

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Across the globe, PK-12 world language teachers are challenged to provide second language instruction with quality opportunities for students to authentically communicate in the target language. Additionally, language specialists report it can take three to five years for students to develop basic interpersonal communication skills in a second language and as many as five to seven years for their cognitive academic language proficiency to develop (Cummins, 2000; Thomas & Collier, 1997).

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    Kelley Webb

  2. Universidad del Norte, Colombia

    Ana Romero

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Webb, K., Romero, A. (2017). Developing Communicative Competence through Content-Based Instruction. In: Baily, S., Shahrokhi, F., Carsillo, T. (eds) Experiments in Agency. New Research – New Voices. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-944-7_12

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