英语教学理论与方法

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1、Lecture5ABriefHistoryofForeignLanguageTeachingMethodsofLanguageLearning1.ABriefHistoryofForeignLanguageTeachingThehistoryofforeignlanguageteachingcanbetracedbacktotheancientRomanwhenLatinwastaughtasasecondlanguage.Unfortunately,itisverydifficulttopresenthereacompletepicture

2、ofthehistoricaldevelopmentofforeignlanguageteachingbecauseofitspoordocumentation.Tofacilitateourdiscussion,wewillarbitrarilydividetheshorthistoryinto4periodsandintroducethemaintrends,eventsandimportantfiguresinthoseperiods.TheReformMovement(1882-1906)Bytheendofthe18thcentur

3、y,nearlyalltheEuropeanlanguageshadbeenstudiedasforeignlanguagesinschools.Theprincipalaimofforeignlanguageteachingatthattimewastohelplearnerstoacquireareadingknowledgeofthetargetlanguages.Tosatisfytherequirementsofgroupteachinginschools,Grammar-TranslationMethodwasdevisedand

4、developed.Forthenextscoresofyears,Grammar-TranslationMethoddominatedtheforeignlanguageteaching.Althoughtherewereindividualendeavorstoreformtheforeignlanguageteachinginthoseyears,noneofthemwassuccessfulinshakingthepositionoftheGrammar-TranslationMethod.However,theyhelpedtopa

5、vethewayfortheReformMovement.Then,inthesecondhalfofthe19thcentury,ascommunicationsamongtheEuropeancountriesbecamemoreandmorefrequent,peoplewerenotsatisfiedwithamerereadingknowledgeofforeignlanguages.Theywantedtobeabletotalkinaforeignlanguageandtheybecomemoreandmoreintereste

6、dinreformingtheteachingmethods.Amovementofreformstartedallofasudden.Theprinciplesofthemovementweretheprimaryofspeech,andtheabsolutepriorityofanoralmethodologyintheclassroom.Morelanguageteachingandresearch(1906-1940)TheteachingofEnglishasasecond/foreignlanguageinBritainmadeg

7、reatprogressduringthisperiod.Itbecameanautonomousprofessionandproducedanumberofworld-famousscholars.DanieJoneswasthefirstonethathelpedtomakeaprofessiontheteachingofEnglishasasecond/foreignlanguageandbecamewell-knownintheworldbecauseofhisresearchontheprofession.Inthespringof

8、1907,hebegantoofferlecturesonthephoneticsofFrenchattheUniversityofLondonandthenin1