Approaches to Language Teaching and Learning
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This paper aimed to discuss the statement “Approaches to language teaching can be characterised as the emphasis on certain design features at the expense of others.” Specifically, both grammar-translation method and communicative language teaching method were compared and contrasted. It concluded that no one method is perfect for every teaching situation. For different teaching settings, different methods/methodologies ought to be adopted, ideally, integrated, for they compensate for each other.
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Generative AI in Language Education: Bridging Divide and Fostering Inclusivity
Weng, Z., & Fu, Y. (2025) · International Journal of Technology in Education · doi:10.46328/ijte.1056 · Cited by 31 · see citing works
- Authors
- Zhou, G., & Niu, X.
- Affiliations
- Dalian University of Technology (CN)
- Venue
- Journal of Language Teaching and Research
- Publisher
- Academy Publication
- Published
- 2015-07-02
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 798
- ISSN
- 1798-4769 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1565805273
- Cited by
- 39
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 1 · 2016: 4 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 11.17
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Language Teaching and Research (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
- Social Sciences › Education › Foreign Language Teaching Methods
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Literature and Literary Theory › Second Language Learning and Teaching
- Keywords
- language teaching approaches, grammar-translation method, communicative language teaching, teaching methods, integration of teaching methods
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