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1、TESOLMethods:ChangingTracks,ChallengingTrendsB.KUMARAVADIVELUSanJoséStateUniversitySanJosé,California,UnitedStatesThisarticletracesthemajortrendsinTESOLmethodsinthepast15years.ItfocusesontheTESOLprofession’sevolvingperspectivesonlanguageteachingmethodsintermsofthreeperceptibleshifts:(
2、a)fromcommunicativelanguageteachingtotask-basedlanguageteach-ing,(b)frommethod-basedpedagogytopostmethodpedagogy,and(c)fromsystemicdiscoverytocriticaldiscourse.Itisevidentthatduringthistransitionalperiod,theprofessionhaswitnessedaheightenedawarenessaboutcommunicativeandtask-basedlangu
3、ageteaching,aboutthelimitationsoftheconceptofmethod,aboutpossiblepostmethodpedagogiesthatseektoaddresssomeofthelimitationsofmethod,aboutthecomplexityofteacherbeliefsthatinformthepracticeofeverydayteaching,andaboutthevitalityofthemacrostruc-tures—social,cultural,political,andhistorical
4、—thatshapethemicro-structuresofthelanguageclassroom.Thisarticledealsbrieflywiththechangesandchallengesthetrend-settingtransitionseemstobebring-ingaboutintheprofession’scollectivethoughtandaction.Inthisstate-of-the-artessay,1ItracethemajortrendsinTESOLmethodssincethe1991publicationofthe
5、25thanniversaryissueofTESOLQuarterly.Ishall,therefore,refertotwooverlappingperiodsoftime:before1990andafter.Tosomewhatpre-emptmycentralthesis:Ifthefirstperiodiscalledaperiodofawareness,thesecondmaybecalledaperiodofawakening.Ifocusonthenatureandscopeofthetransitionfromawarenesstoawakeni
6、ng,alongwiththecontributionsandconsequencesassociatedwithit.Forthesakeofsynthesis,organization,andpresentation,1Astate-of-the-artessayismostlyasummarystatementofinstanthistorywithallitsattendantsubjectivities.AsubjectlikeTESOLmethods,withitsmultipleissuesandmultipleplayers,isboundtoca
7、rrymultipleperspectives.Inputtingtogethermyunderstandingofthefield,IreceivedhelpfromthreeanonymousreviewersandfromtheTESOLQuarterlyeditor.Iamindebtedtothem.Ihavenotacceptedalltheirsuggestionsand,therefore,I’mresponsibleforanyremainingerrorsinjudgment.Foradetailedtreatmentofsomeoftheiss
8、uesdi
