语言学11--Chapter 11 Linguistics and Language Teaching.pptVIP

Chapter 11 Linguistics and Language Teaching Applied linguistics Theoretical views of language explicitly or implicitly inform the approaches and methods adopted in language teaching. Linguistics, as the science of language, should be of fundamental importance for teachers of language. According to Jo McDonough, a teacher who is able to explain some linguistic features would have a stronger position than one who handles the argument by using authority – “it’s like that”, “it’s an exception”, or “it’s less formal”. 1. Linguistics and language learning Many language learning theories are propo