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    Theoretical Bases of Communicative Approaches to Second Language Teaching


    and Testing

    Article in Applied Linguistics · March 1980


    DOI: 10.1093/applin/I.1.1 · Source: OAI

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    CANALE, MICHAEL, Theoretical Bases of Communicative Approaches to
    Second Language Teaching and Testing , Applied Linguistics, 1 (1980) p.1
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