Four methods in language teaching

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1、FOURMETHODSINFOREIGNLANGUAGETEACHINGBy韦慧华薛媛03研Introduction:Asaninterdisciplinaryscience,thefieldofappliedlinguisticshasbeenconstantlyinfluencedbytheoreticaltrendsinlinguistics,psychology,andsociology.Hence,thisinfluenceisreflectedinthevariousmethodsandapproachesinsecondandforei

2、gnlanguageteachinginhistory.ARetrospectiveofForeignLanguageTeachingMethodology1stperiod:theperiodofClassicallanguageteaching(before1880):Grammar-TranslationMethod2ndperiod:thebeginningofModernLanguageTeaching(from1880tothe1stworldwar):Directmethod3rdperiod:theDevelopmentofModer

3、nLanguageTeaching(fromthefirstworldwarto’70):Audio-lingualMethod4thperiod:theintensificationofModernLanguageTeaching(after’70):CommunicativeApproachGrammar-TranslationMethodBackground:Timeperiod:untillate19thcenturyUndertheinfluenceoftheteachingofLatinandGreek:FLasculturalrefin

4、ement.Languageisviewedasasetofknowledge,justlikephysics,chemistry,mathematics,etc.TheoreticalFoundation:Rationalism&PrescriptivismRepresentative:Greco-LatinModelofGrammar:GermanscholarKarlPloz(late1800s)wasinfluentialGrammar-TranslationMethodApproaches:AccuracyemphasizedGrammar

5、taughtdeductivelyNativelanguage-----mediumofinstructionCentralIssue:Whytoteach?TheDirectMethodBackgroundLate19th-early20thcentury,practicalneedsandinterestsformodernlanguagescallsforreform:GTwasfoundtobeinadequateforteachinglivinglanguages,soDMwasdevelopedwhichemphasizedtheprim

6、acyofspeech.thefoundingofIPAin1886,TheoreticalFoundation:Pragmatism&DescriptivismTheDirectmethodPrinciples&MethodsBeginwithspokenlanguageInductiveteachingofgrammarClassroominstructionconductedinmothertongueFactualtextsSystematicoraltrainingandexerciseExposuretolivingspeechCentr

7、alissue:Whattoteach?TheAudio-lingualMethod(1940s-1970s)SocialBackground:DevelopedintheUSduringWWII,asaneedforpeopletolearnforeignlanguagesrapidlyformilitarypurposes.ontheonehand,andgrowingbodyofresearchesonforeignlangrageteachingontheother.TheoreticalFoundation:Excitingnewidea

8、saboutlanguageandlearning:Structuralism:aschemistry,br