Appropriateness is now thought to be a principal characteristic as much of good textual materials as it is of good classroom discourse. This sociolinguistic concept however raises several issues of interpretation and translation especially when it is applied to materials for use in EFL/ESL situations. In this paper I attempt to explore a few of these issues with a view to understanding some possible implications for course construction and classroom use.
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