The purpose of this article is three-fold. First, to define mixed capacity in the EFL/ESL contexts and to identify what it really means in practice. Second, to isolate the natural and institutional causes of mixed capacities and their effects. Finally, to describe some general and specific solutions to the different causes, under the headings of communal and non-communal activity types. Some actual examples are also described.
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