Ronald Zallocco

Communication and Language Learning Ronald Zallocco

In recent ESL research there has been a move away from grammar-based approaches for teaching students and more focus on content. What is real world are assemblages of people and their environment linked together. In response to the communication vs. language conflict, a study has been done that applies many teaching methods into slideshows for English as a Second Language (ESL) purposes. The study presented here found that the lessons demonstrate a clear contrast between instruction using language and instruction focused on people communicating, and that this will encourage the growth of communication among teachers and students in ESL classrooms.