According to the book "A course in language teaching" by Penny Ur, Practice can be defined as the rehearsal of certain behaviors with the objective of consolidating learning and improving performance. Language learners can benefit from being told, and understanding, facts about the language only up to a point: ultimately, they have to acquire an intuitive, automatized knowledge which will enable ready and fluent comprehension and self-expression.
Knowledge is normally brought about through consolidation of learning through practice.
Learning a skill
In language, first the teacher may explain the meaning of a word or the rules about a grammatical structure as well as using them in context.
After this, they start practising the skill again and again, usually with exercises given by the teacher. Now, they can improve on their own, here is where the students get to be autonomous.
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