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On the mortality of language learning methods

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Author(s): Wilfried Decoo
Publisher: Brigham Young University
Year: 2001

Language: English

Abstract:
1. Introduction
1.1. A sweeping change
1.2. Definition of method
2. Main trends in the 20th century
3. Variables that make the success of a new method
3.1. A "new" idea
3.2. Denigration of others
3.3. Success guaranteed
3.4. Scientific "proofs"
3.5. The ultimate medium
3.6. Official endorsement
3.7. Commercial push
3.8. Grasp on teacher training
4. Reasons for the decline and death of a method
4.1. Disappointment
4.2. Inappropriate for other situations
4.3. Inappropriate for other languages
4.4. Shift in the main educational trend
4.5. On the gravestone: the neglected component(s)
5. Conclusions
5.1. The swing of the pendulum
5.2. The ignorance about the past
5.3. The function of scientific research
5.4. The great illusion
5.5. The next method?
6. References & related readings