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• Paper·DOAJ — Language assessment·1 Jan 2016

  Making your traditional text work: Input, Scaffolding and Communication

  Andrew J DeMil

  Second language acquisition research shows that comprehension activities with meaningful production promote acquisition better than mechanical drills, yet most textbooks ignore this. This article offers practical strategies for instructors to adapt traditional textbooks toward more communicative, input- and scaffolding-based instruction.

  Original abstract

  Second Language Acquisition (SLA) studies provide evidence that comprehension activities that involve meaningful language production and communication promote language acquisition more effectively than mechanical drills. Recent studies review the state of foreign language textbooks and demonstrate that the majority of foreign language textbooks do not follow SLA research. This article provides ways that a second language instructor can use a traditional text to help lead to meaningful language instruction.

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