alleryWhich educator in 1965 urged a shift from drills toward communication?
AClifford Prator
BRobert Lowth
CSamuel Johnson
DH. W. Fowler
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Clifford Prator
1. Prator published a paper in 1965.
2. He called on teachers to turn from manipulation (drills) toward communication.
3. Lowth, Johnson and Fowler are linked to prescriptive grammar and dictionaries.
_Source: Wikipedia, Communicative language teaching, Academic influences_
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