Techniques and Principles in Language Teaching

How is culture viewed?

• Curran believes that in this kind of supportive learning process, language becomes the means for developing creative and critical thinking. Culture is an integral part of language learning.

What areas of language are emphasized?

• The most important skills are understanding and speaking the language at the beginning, with the reinforcement through reading and writing.

What is the role of the students’ native language?

• Where possible, literal native language equivalents are given to the target language words that have been transcribed.