Discussion on interaction between English teaching method and the second language acquisition theory

Abstract

The second language acquisition (SLA) is learning content that is closely related to English teaching. In the process of colleges' English teaching, it is essential to deal with interaction between English teaching method and SLA theory and apply SLA theory to guide English classroom teaching in order to improve English application ability of college students and enhance teaching effectiveness of English classroom. This thesis elaborates SLA theory, analyzes the interaction between English teaching method and SLA theory and proposes the countermeasure that SLA theory is used to advance English teaching. English teaching has had over 2,000 years' history and development of modern English teaching has owned more than 100 years' history. Both generation and application of English teaching method in different periods depend on social demands and teaching ideas appreciated by advocators. At the same time, the foregoing opinions reflect social development situations at that time and English teaching tracks to different degree. In the process of English teaching, the second language acquisition (SLA) theory such a new subject was born between the 1960s and the 1970s. Over more than 40 years, Research on SLA in the whole world has had significant development and brought new reform to global English teaching. However, there is little research on interaction between SLA theory and English teaching method. Thus, the author carries out profound research on this problem, hoping to have instructional effect on practice of English teaching in China.