Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-137) and index.
Contents:
Tradition and language teaching -- The teacher: innovation in the curriculum -- The administrator: implementation of the curriculum -- The textbook writer: institutionalization and the curriculum -- The applied linguist: theory and teaching practice.
Summary:
This text offers a supplement to any foreign language methods class. It describes and analyzes the centuries old struggle between the two approaches to teaching a second language: grammar accuracy versus whole language/communication.
Series:
The McGraw-Hill second language professional series. Perspectives on theory and research
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