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1、ThemainmethodsandapproachesinEnglishteachingCompare,contrastandcriticallyevaluatethemainmethodsandapproachesthathavebeenusedinEnglishlanguageteaching,commentontheextenttowhicheachofthesecanbeusedinyourfutureteachingpractice.IntroductionLanguageteachinghasalong,fascinating,butrathertortuoushistory.F
2、orovercenturies,therearealotofmethodsandapproachesinlanguageteaching.(Stern,1984)Butinthisessay,onlyfivemainmethodsandapproachesarediscussedfordevelopmentsinlinguistics,psychology,pedagogy,andsecondlanguageacquisitionresearchhavecastlightonwhatismorelikelyandlesslikelytowork.Theyarethegrammar-trans
3、lationmethod,thedirectmethod,theaudio-lingualmethod,situationallanguageteaching,communicativelanguageteaching.Wewillfocusontheirdevelopment,principalcharacteristics,advantagesanddrawbacks.Theimplicationforthemethodsandapproachesinmyfutureteachingpracticewillbeintroducedbriefly.1.TheGrammar-translat
4、ionMethod1.1TheDevelopmentThegrammar-translationmethodisoneofthemosttraditionalmethods,datingbacktothelatenineteenthandearlytwentiethcenturies.ItwasoriginallyusedtoteachLatinandGreekwhicharenottaughtforeverydaycommunication.Howeverthemethodwasgraduallygeneralizedtoteachlivingormodernlanguagessuchas
5、EnglishorFrench,etc.IthasbeenusedbyteachersofEnglishforaboutahundredyears.1.2ThePrincipalCharacteristicsThegoalofthemethodistoreadandtranslatetheliterarymasterpiecesandclassics,nottocommunicateinthedailylife.Grammaticalrulesaretaughtdeductivelyinclass;readingandwritingaremainlyfocused;vocabularyist
6、aughtintheformofisolatedwordlists;noattentionispaidtospeakingandlistening;littleattentionispaidtopronunciation;readingofdifficulttextsisbegunearlyinthecourseofstudy;sentencesarethebasicunitofteachingandlanguagepractice;many`ofthelessonsaredevotedtotranslatingsentencesintoandoutofthetargetlanguage;w
7、rittenaccuracyisemphasized.Alsopeople’snativelanguageisthemediumofinstruction.Itisoftenusedtoexplainthenewlanguageitems.Anditfacilitateslearningthroughattentiontosimilaritiesbetweenthetargetlanguageandthena
