The materials sampled in the current meta-analysis were in large part communicative. They differ mainly in the scope and focus in feature language use in the contexts of usage. Some, for instance, my feature language use in the context of on-the-job interaction. Learner were not contextualized in any given job-specific format. These may rely more on learners’ world knowledge in the most general sense. The focus for this genre of materials is to help students associate the form of language with their own communicative intentions about issues anticipated to be of practical interest.