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lack of authentic materials
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failure to select authentic materials appropriately
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easy to use same activity with various levels
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can't standardize the learning process throughout
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can standardize the learning process within smaller divisions
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hard to assess with conventional tool
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simulates real-world activities
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most teachers not trained to do it
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can involve native speakers who have specialized subject-area competence
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expensive & cumbersome - all those props and supplies
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students motivate more readily
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publishers probably don't want to produce CBI textbooks
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can create activities with a modular template
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various stakeholders will gripe that there's not grammar / literature
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can start with young learners
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how relate to language requirements?
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can help de-ghettoize second language programs
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too specialized by topic - not all learners want to do the same topic
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supports diversity, internationalization, interdisiplinary learning
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group activities irritate many learners
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produces better proficiency
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introvert learners don't join in
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supports different knowledges & strengths
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added by WBF: negotiation of meaning
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