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Recent Innovations in Language Teaching Methodology

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  • DIANE LARSEN-FREEMAN

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Five innovative methodologies currently practiced in the teaching of foreign languages are discussed: the Silent Way, Suggestopedia, Community Language Learning, the Comprehension Approach, and the Communicative Approach. In order to understand how these methodologies are innovative, a discussion of teaching practices during the first half of the twentieth century is offered. Following the historical perspective, the five innovative methodologies are analyzed in terms of their goals, features of the teaching and learning process, characteristics of teachers and learners, and their views of language and culture. Then a summary of what they have in common is provided. The article concludes with the identification of questions concerning methodologies that need to be addressed in the field and with some specific recommendations for a national agenda for foreign language instruction.

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  • Diane Larsen-Freeman, 1987. "Recent Innovations in Language Teaching Methodology," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 490(1), pages 51-69, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:anname:v:490:y:1987:i:1:p:51-69
    DOI: 10.1177/0002716287490001005
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