Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching

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This third edition of Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching is an extensive revision of the popular and accessible text. Like previous editions, this book surveys the major approaches and methods in language teaching such as Grammar Translation, Audiolingualism, Communicative Language Teaching, and the Natural Approach. It examines each approach and method in terms of its theory of language and language learning, goals, syllabus, teaching activities, teacher and learner roles, materials, and classroom techniques. In addition, this third edition includes content on the teaching and learning environment, with chapters on learners and methods, teachers and methods, plus approaches, methods and the curriculum. Teachers and teachers-in-training will discover that this third edition is a comprehensive survey and analysis of teaching methods used around the world. The book seeks not only to clarify the assumptions behind these methods and their similarities and differences, but also to help teachers explore their own beliefs and practices in language teaching. FRONT COVER Copyrights Contents Acknowledgments Introduction to the third edition PART I - Major trends in twentieth-century language teaching 1. A brief history of early developments in language teaching 2. The nature of approaches and methods in language teaching 3. The Oral Approach and Situational Language Teaching 4. The Audiolingual Method PART II - Current approaches and methods 5. Communicative Language Teaching 6. Content-Based Instruction and Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) 7. Whole Language 8. Competency-Based Language Teaching, standards, and the Common European Framework of Reference 9. Task-Based Language Teaching 10. Text-Based Instruction 11. The Lexical Approach 12. Multiple Intelligences 13. Cooperative Language Learning Part III - Alternative twentieth-century approaches and methods 14. The Natural Approach 15. Total Physical Response 16. The Silent Way 17. Community Language Learning 18. Suggestopedia PART IV - The teaching and learning environment 19. Learners, approaches, and methods 20. Teachers, approaches, and methods 21. Approaches, methods, and the curriculum 22 Postscript Appendix: Comparison of approaches and methods Author index Subject index