Principles and Practice in Second Language Acquisition - Contents

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(c) Summary	134
4. The direct method	135
(a) Requirements for optimal input	135
(b) Learning	137
(c) Summary	137
5. The natural approach	137
(a) Requirements for optimal input	138
(b) Learning	139
(c) Summary	140
6. Total physical response	140
(a) Requirements for optimal input	140
(b) Learning	142
(c) Summary	142
7. Suggestopedia	142
(a) Requirements for optimal input	144
(b) Learning	146
(c) Summary	146
B. Applied Linguistics Research	146
1. Review of method comparison studies	147
(a) American studies of AL, GT, and CC	149
(b) The GUME project	150
2. Some preliminary conclusions to method comparison studies	151
3. More recent method comparison studies	155
(a) The TPR series	155
(b) Other input methods compared	157
(c) Suggestopedia research	158
C. Alternative to Methods	160
1. Function of the classroom	160
2. The second language classroom and requirement #2	161
3. The alternatives	162
(a) Conversation	163
(b) Pleasure reading	164
(c) Using subject matter for language teaching	167
(d) Evidence for subject matter teaching: the immersion programs	170
(e) Other possibilities in subject matter teaching	171
D. Comments on Achievement Testing	176
1. Normal considerations in test evaluation and selection	176
2. Instructional value	177
3. Language requirements	181
4. University level ESL	182
E. Some Gaps in Materials	182
1. The language laboratory	184
2. A comment on field testing of materials	185
F. Some Problems	186

Bibliography	191

Index	201