Chapter 1 Basic Concepts and Theories
1.1 Key Terms in Foreign Language Teaching and Learning
1.2 The Concept of Methods
1.3 Fundamental Principles of Language Teaching and Learning
1.4 Modern Linguistic Schools and Theories: An Overview
1.5 Summary
Chapter 2 Historical Perspectives of Language Teaching
Approaches and Methods
2.1 Pre-20th-Century Trends
2.2 The 20th-Century Schools of Language Teaching Methodology
2.3 The Decline of Methods
2.4 The Notion of Eclecticism
2.5 Summary
Chapter 3 Major Methods and Approaches in Foreign Language
Teaching
3.1 Major Methods and Approaches and Their Characteristics
3.2 Analysis of a Particular Method through Observation
3.3 Summary
Chapter 4 Communicative Language Teaching
4.1 Historical and Theoretical Background to Communicative Language
Teaching (CLT)
4.2 Development of the Notion of"Communicative Competence"
4.3 Interpretations of CLT and Its Implications for Teaching
4.4 CLT in China
4.5 Summary
Chapter 5 Teaching of Grammar
5.1 Arguments about Grammar Teaching
5.2 Current Approaches to Teaching Grammar
5.3 Summary
Chapter 6 Teaching of Reading
6.1 Major Views on Reading
6.2 Recent Research into Teaching of Reading
6.3 hnplications for hnproving Students Reading
6.4 Summary
Chapter 7 Teaching of Writing
7.1 Major Views on Writing
7.2 Recent Research into Teaching of Writing
7.3 Implications for Improving Students Writing
7.4 Summary
Chapter 8 Teaching of Listening
8.1 Major Views on Listening
8.2 Recent Research into Teaching of Listening
8.3 hnplications for Improving Students Listening
8.4 Summary
Chapter 9 Teaching of Speaking
9.1 Major Views on Speaking
9.2 Recent Research into Teaching of Speaking
9.3 hnplications for Improving Students Speaking
9.4 Summary
Chapter 10 Learner Autonomy: New Directions in Foreign
Language Education
10.1 Historical Background to the Development of the Concept of Learner
Autonomy
10.2 Defining Learner Autonomy
10.3 Rationale for Learner Autonomy
10.4 Teachers Role in Autonomous Learning Environment
10.5 Teacher Autonomy
10.6 Summary
Chapter 11 Paradigm Shift in Foreign Language Education
11.1 Paradigm Shift in Education
11.2 Paradigm Shift in Second/Foreign Language Education
11.3 Summary
Selected Bibliography