ED 034 980 INSTITUTION PUB DATE EDFS PRICE DESCRIPTORS TDENTIFIEPS DOCUMENT RESUME Pegional Seminar on New Developments in the T
DOCUMENT RESUME ED 034 980 AL 002 231 TITLE Pegional Seminar on New Developments in the Theory and Methods of Teaching and Learning English. Report. INSTITUTION Regional English Language Centre, Singapore. REPORT NO RELC-TPO-S4 PUB DATE Jun 69 NOTE 119p. EDFS PRICE ERRS Price MF-$0.50 HC-$6.05 DESCRIPTORS Composition (Literary), Contrastive Linguistics, *English (Second Language), Instructional Materials, Instructional Materials Centers, *Language Instruction, Linguistic Theory, Oral Expression, Publishing Industry, *Reading Instruction, Reference Materials, *Teaching Methods TDENTIFIEPS *Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organ ABSTRACT This Seminar, held in Singapore June 9-14, 1969, brought together some of the leading scholars in the field of language teaching, from both within and outside the Southeast Asian region, for the following purposes: (1) to review some of the more significant developments of the past two decades in language teaching; (2) to consider some of the newer concepts, particularly t hose developed out of transformational grammar; (3) to provide a platform for the exchange of ideas stemming from the various schools of linguistics and methodology; and (4) to stimulate critical thinking among the language teaching professionals of the SEAMED (Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization) countries. A noteworthy feature of the Seminar was the emphasis of most speakers on the need for eclecticism; there was agreement among the t heoretical linguists and the practicing teachers present that the best results in language teaching were likely to be achieved by t aking insights into language and teaching strategies of proven value from every available source. Summaries of all the 35 papers, with some account of the subsequent discussions, are presented in this Report.
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