Chapter 1 the study of collocations

3.1.1  Curriculum Objectives 
 
 
The objectives of the Junior High School ELT curriculum were reformed 
under the task-based approach to foreign language learning adopted by the 
authoring committee of the series.  According to the committee, the new 
objectives were "related to knowledge of language as a system and to language 
as a means of communication" (Dendrinos 1988:2) and the TWE series was 
designed to realise these objectives through role-play tasks, listening activities, 
and emphasis on communicative competence.