abstractteaching and learning of french as a foreign language in any anglophone country such as ghana is an extremely difficult task to undertake both on the part of the teacher and the student. this is evidenced in the general low performance of students in the subject at the basic education certificate examination (bece) level in both public and private schools over the years. this case study...

this paper examines the role of the structural syllabus in efl settings, particularly efl classes in iran. the paper starts with an overview of what the structural syllabus is. afterwards, the shortcom-ings of the structural syllabus are reviewed. next the role of formal grammar instruction is discussed in depth. finally it is suggested that because of the crucial role that grammar instruction ...

The innovation of computer and the application of Internet, multimedia and other information technology contribute to the introduction of 3 Plus 1 Foreign Language Teaching Model which integrates theory, practice and network technology into foreign language course. This integration implements the principles of Constructivism theory, educational ecology, and the balanced ecosystem of foreign lan...

The major purpose of college English teaching is to cultivate and develop student’s pragmatic competence. Interlanguage pragmatics is a new interdisciplinary branch of study based on the theories of pragmatics and second language acquisition which has direct guide significance for foreign language teaching. This paper firstly introduces the theoretical models of the two theories and then focuse...