If expository writing is developed through massive reading of appropriate texts, and if the composing process need only be taught in the primary language, and if primary language education is solid, we do not need to pay as much attention to writing in the foreign language as previous programs have. Given the awkwardness of writing in a foreign language for those with little competence, and given the huge amount of time teaching writing demands of teachers, this is indeed good news.

DEALING WITH ENGLISH FEVER

The cure for English fever is a program in English that does not threaten first language development, and that is relatively easy to do, one that does not require the advantages of being upper middle class. The program suggested here attempts to meet these conditions. My prediction is that such a program will not only be easier to do, it will be more effective than what we have tried in the past.

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