《语言教学的流派》是“当代国外语言学与应用语言学文库”系列丛书之一。本书对几个具有代表性的语言教学法，进行了详细的描述和分析，有助于外语教学研究者了解历史，开创21世纪外语教学研究新局面。This book presents an overview and analysis of the major approaches and methods used in secona and foreign language teaching. Using a single analytical model throughout the book, the authors place eacb method within its historical comtext and examine it at three levels: approach. design. and procedure. the methods and approaches covered include: Grammar Translation the Direct Method Situational Language Teaching Audiolingualism Communicative Language Teaching the silent Way Community Language Learning Total Physical Response the Natural Approach Suggestopedia '...one of tne most objective accounts of these methods that one is likely to find anywhere ...valuable to any professional in the language teaching field.'-Cross Currents.