Introduction
Chapter 1Approaches and Methods: 500 Years of ForeignLanguage Teaching in the West
L1 A Brief History of Foreign Language, Teaching in the West
1.2 Approaches and Methods: The Basic Questions
1.3 What Is Language? Some Currem aaswers to the Qucstlons
1.4 How Do People Learn Languages? q~vo Sets of Theories
Chapter 2
Understanding Spoken Language
2.1 Levels of Understanding
2.2 First Level of Meaning-~he Literal Meaning2.3 Building Up the Phonetic Picture