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Some students who are not fluent in the language find that in the early stages of their course there are frequent breakdowns in communication. There are, of course, many possible explanations for this. The student may not have a sufficient command over the grammar and vocabulary of English to enable him to express himself dearly. He may, on the other hand, have a poor pronunciation. Factors such as these, of course, require urgent and persistent attention on the part of the student. But a very frequent cause of misunderstanding in discussion sessions and one which can much more easily be put right, is the teacher’s uncertainty whether his students has, in fact, asked a question at all. What often happens is as follows. The student, puzzled about a particular point, decides to ask a question. As so often happens when under pressure, he tends to concentrate most of his attention on the subject matter and he pays practically no attention to the language. Consequently he fails to employ the correct question form. For example, he may use a statement form instead. The result is predicable. The teacher interprets the intended question as a comment. He then either agrees or disagrees with it, or he continues with what he was saying before. However, even when the student does employ a proper question form, difficulties may still arise. The teacher may not know, for example, what the source of the student’s difficulties is.
Causes of Breakdowns in (46)
On students’ part
—insufficient command over the (47) of English
—poor pronunciation
On teacher’s part
—uncertainty of whether his student has asked a question
—the student (48) to employ the correct question form; the teacher interprets the question as a comment
—difficulties arise when the student employs (49) question form
—the teacher may not know about the (50) of the student’s difficulty

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