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Chapter Eight The Natural Approach I. Key Point (学习要点) 1.Definition The natural Approach emphasizes natural communication rather than formal grammar study and is tolerance of learners’ error. The core of the Natural Approach is language acquisition, which is considered a subconscious process, dependent on two factors: the amount of comprehensible input the students get, and the amount of the students “allow in “. 2. Background (产生背景) The Natural Approach was proposed in 1977 by Tracy Terrell, a teacher of Spanish at the University of California. Later, Terrel joined force with Stephen Kra