From grammatical to communicative approaches
The classroom as an environment for language acquisition
Toward an interactional approach
The episode hypothesis and materials selection
The total physical response and the audio-motor unit
The natural approach and its extensions
Jazz chants, music, and poetry
Storytelling, role play, and drama
tools of the trade : etxtbooks, placement tests, and computer programs
Teaching through the content areas
Foreign language programs
Related readings. How language is shaped : an interview / Noam Chomsky (interviewed by J. Gliedman)
The notional syllabus : does it lead to communicative competence? / H.G. Widdowson
The roles of the teacher, the learners, and the content within a communicative methodology / Michael Breen and Christopher Candlin
Theories of second language acquisition / Rod Ellis
Providing input for acquisition / Stephen Krashen
Interaction between learning and development / Lev S. Vygotsky
Personality factors / H. Douglas Brown
Discrete point, integrative, or pragmatic tests / John Oller, Jr.
Language proficiency, bilingualism and academic achievement / Jim Cummins.
