Inter Alia 2, Ljubljana, February 2011
ISBN: 978-
Slavica Čepon
Grammar – an obligatory ‘optional extra’?
Abstract
This paper first focuses on general English (GE) attrition and its possible consequences
for business English (BE) students at Ljubljana’s Faculty of Economics (FELU). It
then discusses the role of grammar within the areas of foreign language (FL) and
BE teaching/learning as well as various opinions regarding the advantages of explicit
FL/grammar instruction over implicit FL/grammar instruction. The author concludes
that BE learners as economics students at the FELU must be given an opportunity to
continue learning FL uninterruptedly. The author’s suggestion is the introduction
of grammar instruction in BE contexts in the first year at the faculty. By the latter
the author refers to a combination of meaningful uses of a FL and form-
Keywords: business English, language attrition, explicit/implicit grammar instruction,
FonF/FoF approach, form-
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