Audiolingual Method and Communicative Language Teaching in China: the Case of Cultural Domestication and Resistance
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Audiolingualism and Communicative Language Teaching are two pedagogies both of foreign origin, however, they have made drastically different impact on English Language Teaching in China. The paper explains from a cultural perspective why audiolingualism is painlessly integrated into traditional Chinese approach of English learning while Communicative Language Teaching seems to have encountered fierce resistance from Chinese teachers and students. © 2015 AESS Publications. All Rights Reserved.
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