Airs pros and cons of direct method, grammar translation method, and audiolingual method in foreign language teaching. Suggests that the eclectic method which does not follow one principle, but combines three methods and follows psycholinguistic issues, is most effective. (DS)

Language, considered as a liberal art, is examined in the light of other philosophical viewpoints concerning the nature of language in relation to second language instruction in this paper. Critical of an earlier mechanistic audio-lingual learning theory, translation approaches to language learning, vocabulary list-oriented courses, graduate…