Richards J.S., Rodgers T.S. Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching

2nd edition. — Cambridge University Press, 2001. — 278 p. — ISBN13: 978-0-511-66730-5Approaches 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.Major language trends in twentieth-century language teaching
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
Alternative approaches and methods
Total Physical Response
The Silent Way
Community Language Learning
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Whole Language
Multiple Intelligences
Neurolinguistic Programming
The lexical approach
Competency-Based Language Teaching
Current communicative approaches
Communicative Language Teaching
The Natural Approach
Cooperative Language Learning
Content-Based Instruction
Task-Based Language Teaching
The post-methods era
Author index
Subject index