The Efficient Use of Literature in Second Language Education: Free Reading and Listening to Stories
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The critics of the Comprehension Hypothesis (as presented e.g. in Krashen, 1985) have long held the belief that comprehension-based methods are inefficient. Even though they have conceded that they are more effective than the traditionally used methods and that comprehensible input is necessary for language acquisition, they still claim that the combination of both traditional and comprehension approaches must be used in classrooms.
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