Abstract

This thesis intends to make a detailed comparison among the six influential foreign language pedagogic schools, with the aim to acquire some illumination for English teaching and find the most suitable way for English teaching in China. After the analyses, the thesis concludes that a suitable way for English teaching in China is to combine different pedagogic methods and approaches together and take advantage of the merits of each method.

Highlights

  • For hundreds of years, many linguists and scholars have devoted themselves to the study of foreign language pedagogies

  • In different periods of time, different foreign language pedagogic schools have emerged in different regions and countries, among which some schools are most representative, for example, the Grammar-Translation Method, the Direct Method, the Audio-Lingual Method, the Audio-Visual Approach, the Cognitive Approach, the Communicative Approach and so on

  • This thesis intends to make a detailed comparison among six influential foreign language pedagogic schools, with the aim to acquire some illumination for English teaching and to find the most suitable way for English teaching in China

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Introduction

Many linguists and scholars have devoted themselves to the study of foreign language pedagogies. In different periods of time, different foreign language pedagogic schools have emerged in different regions and countries, among which some schools are most representative, for example, the Grammar-Translation Method, the Direct Method, the Audio-Lingual Method, the Audio-Visual Approach, the Cognitive Approach, the Communicative Approach and so on. These foreign language pedagogies themselves have both advantages and disadvantages. This thesis intends to make a detailed comparison among six influential foreign language pedagogic schools, with the aim to acquire some illumination for English teaching and to find the most suitable way for English teaching in China.

The Definition of the Grammar-Translation Method
Analysis on the Grammar-Translation Method
The Direct Method
The Definition of the Direct Method
Analysis on the Direct Method
The Definition of the Audio-Lingual Method
Analysis on the Audio-Lingual Method
The Definition of the Audio-Visual Method
Analysis on the Audio-Visual Method
The Cognitive Approach
Analysis on the Cognitive Approach
The Communicative Approach
The Definition of the Communicative Approach
Analysis on the Communicative Approach
The Illumination on English Teaching of China
The Period of Primary School
Current Situation and the Problems of Primary School English Teaching
The Illumination on the Primary School English Teaching
Current Situation and the Problems of Middle School English Teaching
The Illumination on the Middle School English Teaching
Current Situation and the Problems of University English Teaching
The Illumination on the University English Teaching
Findings
Conclusion
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