align="justify"> No course book will be totally suited to a particular teaching situation. The teacher will have to find his own way of using it and adapting it if necessary (Jiazhi Wang). The third part of Chapter 2 is the critical evaluation of an EFL textbook. After the evaluation of its design and content I have analysed how the textbook fosters the development of the four skills respectively: writing, speaking, reading, and listening.
Chapter 1. Teaching English as a Foreign Language
.1 Methods of Foreign Language Teaching
There are eight language teaching methods in practice today:
. The Grammar-Translation Method
. The Direct Method
. The Audio-Lingual Method
. The Silent Way
. Suggestopedia
. Community Language Learning
. Total Physical Response Method
. The Communicative Approach
1. The Grammar-Translation Method
Around the turn-of-the-19 th -century, language students often translated volumes from Classical Greek or Latin into English via this method. It consists mainly of exhaustive use of dictionaries, explanations of grammatical rules (in English), some sample sentences, and exercise drills to practice the new structures.
Students are given target language reading passages and answer questions that follow. Other activities include translating literary passages from one language into the other, memorizing grammar rules, and memorizing native-language equivalents of target language vocabulary. Vocabulary and grammar are emphasized; pronunciation and other speaking/listening skills are not. Grammar is learned deductively on the basis of grammar rules and examples. Literary language is regarded as superior to spoken language.work is highly structured, with the teacher controlling all activities. The teacher supplies correct answers when students cannot. p align="justify"> 2. The Direct Method
The characteristic features of this method are the practical direction in the teaching of foreign language, the ignoring of the existence of the mother tongue, use of visual aids and various exercises both written and oral. The method is called direct because it aims to establish a direct connection between the words in the foreign language and their denotations. The grammatical ...
