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PASAA

Publication Date

2013-07-01

Abstract

There are many directions that English language teaching approaches have taken in the past, including the grammar translation method, direct method, audio-lingual approach, and communicative teaching (Crystal, 2007, pp.437-440). Following on from the communicative approach that became popular in the 1970s, we have seen a move towards content-based teaching, and content and language integrated learning (CLIL). Moreover, as the concepts of English as an international language (EIL) and English as a lingua franca (ELF) grow in importance, the debate over which kind of English we should be teaching continues. In spite of the changing English teaching context, in many institutions in Asia, and indeed the world, there is still a place for classes named English Conversation, English Communication, or Oral English. This is not surprising considering that the ultimate goal of many educators in the English teaching world is to produce students who become good speakers of English.

DOI

10.58837/CHULA.PASAA.46.1.7

First Page

161

Last Page

178

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