TY - BOOK AU - Richards, Jack C., TI - Approaches and methods in language teaching SN - 9781316617977 U1 - 418.007 PY - 2014/// CY - New York : PB - Cambridge University Press, 2014. N1 - I. Major trends in twentieth-century language teaching. A brief history of early developments in language teaching; II. Current approaches and methods. Communicative language teaching; III. Alternative twentieth-century approaches and methods. The natural approach; IV. The teaching and learning environment. Learners, approaches, and methods N2 - This third edition of Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching is an extensive revision of the popular and accessible text. Like previous editions, this book surveys the major approaches and methods in language teaching such as Grammar Translation, Audiolingualism, Communicative Language Teaching, and the Natural Approach. It examines each approach and method in terms of its theory of language and language ER -