Recent Language Research and Some Language Teaching Principles

Abstract

The underlying assumption of this article is that linguistic and communication research can support principles on which to base revisions in the content and method of language teaching. The article first reviews the results of research in language acquisition, interfactional analysis, pragmatic, repair, error, and social and affective factors. Four general principles are then extracted from this research, principles relating to acquisition activities in the classroom, the importance of affective factors, the communicative capacity of learners, and the nature and treatment of error.