Analysis of Michael Lewis and Jimmie Hill’s Techniques-Structure for the Language Teaching Method in Reference to “Practical Techniques for Language Teaching”

Authors

  • Thoseporn Sophitthammakun Foreign Languages Department, Panyaworakun School, SESAO 1

Keywords:

Communicative Approach, a P-P-P Methodology

Abstract

          The purposes of this research were to find out what language teaching method is from the authors of Practical Techniques for Language Teaching in reference to Practical Techniques for Language Teaching. The research instruments were Practical Techniques for Language Teaching and a checklist of statements on the authors’ Techniques-Structure analyzed and interpreted from the authors’ texts by the researcher.

          The research results revealed that the authors’ grammar teaching method in language teaching could be Communicative Approach to Language Teaching in its early days and a P-P-P Methodology is the important teaching stages for this approach.  

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Published

2019-12-30