论外语教学法的理论基础演变

鉴于国内学术界对外语教学法的研究大多偏重介绍国外主流教学法,而鲜见有对不同教学法产生的理论基础进行梳理。文章从历史的角度出发对其进行系统的回顾,揭示了外语教学法发展中的两条主线,以及当前教学法发展中由教学方法到教学理论的过渡,以期对我国的外语教学有所启发。

Reflections on the developments of theoretical underpinnings in foreign language teaching

Since the majority of research concerning foreign language teaching in China focuses on the introduction of the current developments,especially the specific teaching methods from abroad,in an attempt to excavate their theoretical underpinning,the present article starts out from a diachronic perspective and makes a systematic review of different teaching methods.The result reveals two underlying main lines of development and demonstrates the shift from teaching method to teaching approach therein,which might shed some light on the foreign language teaching in China.