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The Training of Foreign Language Teachers for Current Methods and Objectives
Author(s) -
Tharp James B.
Publication year - 1946
Publication title -
the modern language journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.486
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1540-4781
pISSN - 0026-7902
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-4781.1946.tb04263.x
Subject(s) - scope (computer science) , training (meteorology) , foreign language , residence , psychology , mathematics education , pedagogy , computer science , sociology , demography , meteorology , programming language , physics
Author's summary.— Fashion‐cycles in methods of teaching. Seven alibis for failure to achieve objectives analyzed and discussed: previous preparation, pupil motivation, intelligence, length of study period, suitability of materials, scope of objectives, teacher training. Teacher preparation is the key to the situation. The oral approach in current vogue requires a teacher who is a skilled performer. To acquire such skills teachers need foreign residence or its equivalent in special summer language schools.