【fanyiyixiaTraditionalmethodsoflearningaforeignlanguagediehard.Aslong>agoas1921,DrHaroldPalmerpointedouttheimportantdifference>betweenunderstandinghowalanguageworksandlearninghowtouseit.>Sincethattime,agreatmanye】
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Traditionalmethodsoflearningaforeignlanguagediehard.Aslong
>agoas1921,DrHaroldPalmerpointedouttheimportantdifference
>betweenunderstandinghowalanguageworksandlearninghowtouseit.
>Sincethattime,agreatmanyeffectivetechniqueshavebeendeveloped
>toenablestudentstolearnaforeignlanguage.Inthelightof
>intensivemodernresearch,noonewouldseriouslyquestionthebasic
>principlesthathaveevolvedsincePalmer'sday,thoughthereis
>considerabledisagreementabouthowtheseprinciplescanbestbe
>implemented.Despitethegreatprogressthathasbeenmade,teachers
>inmanypartsoftheworldstillclingtoold-fashionedmethodsandto
>someextentperpetuatethesystemsbywhichtheythemselveslearnta
>foreignlanguage.Itmay,therefore,notbeoutofplacetorestate
>somebasicprinciplesandtodiscussbrieflyhowtheycanbestbeput
>intoeffectintheclassroom.