A glance through the past century of language teaching will give an interesting picture of how varied the interpretations of the best way to teach a foreign language have been. As disciplinary schools of thought-psychology, linguistics, education, for example-have come and gone, so have language-teaching methods waxed and waned in popularity. Teaching methods are the practical application of theoretical findings and positions. In a field such as ours, it should come as no surprise to discover a wide variety of these applications, some totally opposing the others, over the last hundred years.
Second language teaching methodologies
