Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching 2nd Edition

Description: Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching surveys the major approaches and methods in language teaching such as grammar translation, audiolingualism, communicative language teaching, and the natural approach. The book examines each approach in terms of its theory of language and language learning, goals, syllabus, teaching activities, teacher and learner roles, materails and classroom techniques.

This new edition of the 1986 original contains new chapters on whole language, multiple intelligences, neurolinguistic programming, the lexical approach, competency-based language teaching, cooperative language learning, contect-based instruction, task-based language teaching and the post methods era.

Contents: A brief history of language teaching; the nature of approaches and methods in language teaching; the oral approach and situational language teaching; the audiolingual method; communicative language teaching; total physical response; the silent way; community language learning; the natural approach; suggestopedia; comparing and evaluating methods: some suggestions.