Language play, language learning

Guy Cook

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EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Second Language Acquisition and Learning Linguistics and Language Analysis

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This article challenges the widespread belief in contemporary ELT that students should be exposed to authentic or natural language, and that such language is primarily focused on making meaning and achieving practical purposes. Firstly, it is argued that the terms ‘authentic’ and ‘natural’ are vaguely defined, but that if they refer to language used between native speakers and by children acquiring a first language, this is not necessarily the best type of language use for foreign learners. Secondly, it is argued that a good deal of authentic or natural language is playful, in the sense of being focused upon form and fiction rather than on meaning and reality.

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