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Daily Excerpt: Communicative Focus (Shekhtman & Kupchanka) - Teacher’s Guidelines for Working with Student’s Repetitions

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  Excerpt from Communicative Focus - Appendix. Table 2. Teacher’s Guidelines for Working with Student’s Repetitions     REQUIREMENTS     MISTAKES   RECOMMENDATIONS   1.   Set up the assignment clearly and keep your promise.   Instructor changed the assignment and did not inform the student about it, as a result the student did not understand what the instructor wanted him to do Every time a change is made  in the assignment, make the student aware of it, even if the change is seemingly insignificant.   2.   It is their repetition, not yours.   Instructor performs the repetition more times than the student himself or herself Present the expression once, at least twice and then let the student do the job   3.   Make the repetition ...