Approaches and methods in language teaching : a description and analysis

By:

Richards, Jack C

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2014.Description: x, 410 pages ; 25 cmISBN:

9781316617977

Subject(s):

Language and languages -- Study and teaching. Språkundervisning

Contents:

I. Major trends in twentieth-century language teaching. A brief history of early developments in language teaching -- The nature of approaches and methods in language teaching -- The oral approach and situational language teaching -- The audiolingual method -- -- II. Current approaches and methods. Communicative language teaching -- Content-based instruction and content and language integrated learning (CLIL) -- Whole language -- Competency-based language teaching, standards and the Common European Framework of Reference -- Task-based language teaching -- Text-based instruction -- The lexical approach -- Multiple intelligences -- Cooperative language learning -- -- III. Alternative twentieth-century approaches and methods. The natural approach -- Total physical response -- The silent way -- Community language learning -- Suggestopedia -- -- IV. The teaching and learning environment. Learners, approaches, and methods -- Teachers, approaches, and methods -- Approaches, methods, and the curriculum -- Postscript.

Summary: 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

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Books	Prof. Ram Dayal Munda Central Library, IGNTU Amarkantak M.P.	Linguistic	Available	65753
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I. Major trends in twentieth-century language teaching. A brief history of early developments in language teaching --
The nature of approaches and methods in language teaching --
The oral approach and situational language teaching --
The audiolingual method --
--
II. Current approaches and methods. Communicative language teaching --
Content-based instruction and content and language integrated learning (CLIL) --
Whole language --
Competency-based language teaching, standards and the Common European Framework of Reference --
Task-based language teaching --
Text-based instruction --
The lexical approach --
Multiple intelligences --
Cooperative language learning --
--
III. Alternative twentieth-century approaches and methods. The natural approach --
Total physical response --
The silent way --
Community language learning --
Suggestopedia --
--
IV. The teaching and learning environment. Learners, approaches, and methods --
Teachers, approaches, and methods --
Approaches, methods, and the curriculum --
Postscript.

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

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