SLA RESEARCH ON SELF-DIRECTION: THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL ISSUES

Aim: to increase learner awareness of
senses of language

Functional purpose grid

Tliis is the natural end-point of learning, and these purposes, therefore, play no small
part in the shaping of learning styles in the classroom.

Example

Discuss what you've filled in in groups.

I want to use English...	Very Important	Important	I Not Very Important
1. in shops, offices...
2. to speak with new Australian friends
3. to read newspapers
4. to understand the news on TV
5. to understand movies on TV
6. to study a technical subject
7. to read stories
8. to speak with immigrants of other nationalities
9. to be able to speak by telephone
10. to explain my ideas

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Learners can fill this grid in individually, interview other learners, or discuss and fill
it in in groups. (See Activity Worksheets p.27)

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