For example, one approach to teaching may emphasize the value of having students imitate and practise a set of correct sentences while another emphasizes the importance of encouraging 'natural' communication be-tween learners. Sometimes they are said to be based on recent developments in language acquisition theory and research.
New methods and textbooks may reflect current developments in linguistic/applied linguistic theory or recent pedagogical trends. They are usually proclaimed to be more effective than those that have gone before, and, in many cases, these methods or textbooks are promoted or even prescribed for immediate use. New textbooks appear far more frequently. How to teach foreign languages (general remarks)Įvery few years, new foreign language teaching methods arrive on the scene. The implications of classroom research for teachingĢ.1. Grammar aquisition: Focusing on past tenses and conditionals (work-out)ġ1. The principle of saying what you mean and meaning what you sayġ0.2. The principle getting right from the beginningĦ.2. 2.1 How to teach foreign languages (general remarks)ġ.2 Comparing instructed and natural settings for language learningĤ.2 Five principles for classroom teachingĥ.2.
