本书分析了英语教学方法体系的建构模式，提出了英语教学方法评价体系和初步构想，根据应用语言学理论，结合英语语言学习的规律，通过对英语教学方法的研究提出了提高英语教学质量的一些新理念和新方法。

 Part One The Conceptual Basis of Foreign Language Teaching

Chapter 1 The Nature of Language and Language Proficiency

 1.1 Structuralism

 1.2 Functionalism

 1.3 Language Proficiency

 References

Chapter 2 The Nature of Language Learning

 2.1 Theories of Language Learning

 2.2 Learning Strategies

 2.3 Learner Factors

 References

Chapter 3 The Nature of Language Teaching

 3.1 Language Teaching Objectives

 3.2 Syllabus

 3.3 Roles of Teachers & Learners

 3.4 Teaching Materials Evaluation

 3.5 Language Testing

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Chapter 4 The Language Teaching Background: A Brief History ofLanguage Teaching

 4.1 Language Teaching in the Classical Era

 4.2 Language Teaching in the 19th Century

 4.3 Language Teaching since 1900

 References

 Part Two Language Teaching Methodology

Chapter 5 The Grammar-Translation Method

 5.1 Introduction

 5.2 Theoretical Assumptions

 5.3 PrinCipal Features

 5.4 Description of a Sample Lesson

 5.5 Critique

 References

Chapter 6 The Direct Method

 6.1 Introduction

 6.2 Theoretical Assumptions

 6.3 Principal Features

 6.4 Description of a Sample Lesson

 6.5 Critique

 References

Chapter 7 The Audiolingual Method

 7.1 Introduction

 7.2 Theoretical Assumptions

 7.3 Principal Features

 7.4 Description of a Sample Lesson

 7.5 Critique

 References

Chapter 8 The Natural Approach

 8.1 Introduction

 8.2 Theoretical Assumptions

 8.3 Principal Features

 8.4 Description of a Sample Lesson

 8.5 Critique

 References

Chapter 9 Total Physical Response

 9.1 Introduction

 9.2 Theoretical Assumptions

 9.3 Principal Features

 9.4 Description of a Sample Lesson

 9.5 Critique

 References

Chapter 10 Community Language Learning

 10.1 Introduction

 10.2 Theoretical Assumptions

 10.3 Principal Features

 10.4 Description of a Sample Lesson

 10.5 Critique

 References

Chapter 11 The Silent Way

 11.1 Introduction

 11.2 Theoretical Assumptions

 11.3 Principal Features

 11.4 Description of a Sample Lesson

 11.5 Critique

 References

Chapter 12 Suggestopedia

 12.1 Introduction

 12.2 Theoretical Assumptions

 12.3 Principal Features

 12.4 Description of a Sample Lesson

 12.5 Critique

 References

Chapter 13 Communicative Language Teaching

 13.1 Communicative Language Teaching: An Overview

 13.2 Theoretical Assumptions

 13.3 Principal Features

 13.4 Description of a Sample Lesson

 13.5 Critique

 References

Chapter 14 Final Comments on the Methodology in TESOL

 14.1 Overall Evaluation of the Methods

 14.2 Principled Eclecticism

 14.3 Postmethod Pedagogy

 14.4 Modern-Day Issues and Predictions of the Future

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