Growing Participator Approach: Our Experience as Amharic Students and Teachers of Spanish and Russian Languages
- Mas, Roser Noguera 1
- Baiguatova, Gulnara 2
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Universitat d'Alacant
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- 2 Lycee Gebre Maryam
ISSN: 1877-0428
Year of publication: 2015
Volume: 178
Pages: 169-174
Type: Article
More publications in: Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
Abstract
In this paper we demonstrate the main components of Greg Thomson's Growing Participator Approach through our experience of this methodology in learning Amharic. We analyze the positive aspects of this approach as well as the challenges.
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