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Samifanni, Faramarz – English Language Teaching, 2020
This study delves into the analysis of theories of language acquisition and teaching methods. A qualitative approach was used to analyze three language acquisition theories and five teaching methods to help and provide teachers with methods that are relevant and applicable in developing and enhancing the speaking skills of the students. Findings…
Descriptors: Language Fluency, Oral Language, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Seraj, Sami A. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study examined the attitude of teachers of Arabic as a foreign language toward some of the most well known teaching methods. For this reason the following eight methods were selected: (1) the Grammar-Translation Method (GTM), (2) the Direct Method (DM), (3) the Audio-Lingual Method (ALM), (4) Total Physical Response (TPR), (5) Community…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Semitic Languages, Second Language Learning, Teaching Experience
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Shimbo, Kuninori – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2008
This study investigates the effects of the three major factors of Suggestopedia--music, relaxation and suggestion--on the students' affect and development of communicative competence in tertiary Japanese language classes. A review of literature on Suggestopedia, the original form of Accelerated Learning (AL), shows that its effects are…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Music, Second Languages, Japanese
Bancroft, W. Jane – 1995
Foreign language instructors cope with problems of learner anxiety in the classroom, fossilization of language use and language skill loss. Relaxation and concentration techniques can alleviate stress and fatigue and improve students' capabilities. Three categories of accelerated learning techniques are: (1) those that serve as a preliminary to…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Anxiety, Communication Apprehension, Communicative Competence (Languages)