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标题：Beyond Communicative Competence: English for Special Learners
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作者：Paul R. Hays ; Susan Sydney Hays
期刊名称：The Language Teacher
印刷版ISSN：0289-7938
出版年度：2001
卷号：25
期号：4
出版社：Japanese Association for Language teaching
摘要：Emi is not your typical junior high school student: She is severely handicapped, has problems with her motor skills, and her Japanese is so impeded that she can barely make herself understood in her native tongue. So what is she doing in an English conversation class? She is learning, and in doing so, she destroys the myth that a foreign language class should have only one goal -- communication. She is demonstrating that studying a new language is fulfilling and rewarding because it develops cognitive abilities. These cognitive abilities include physical, social, and verbal skills; furthermore, Emi's success in what is seen as a mainstream activity promotes higher self-esteem.