Topic 1 (written version)

TOPIC 1: EVOLUTION OF DIDACTICS. CURRENT TRENDS IN ENGLISH AS SECOND LANGUAGE.

1.INTRODUCTION

2.EVOLUTION OF DIDACTICS: CLASSIFICATION OF THE DIFFERENT METHODOLOGICAL TRENDS

2.1. FROM ANCIENT TIMES UP TO THE 18TH CENTURY

2.2. 19TH CENTURY

2.2.1. Grammar-Translation or Traditional Method

2.2.2.  The Direct Method

2.3. 20TH CENTURY

2.3.1.  Psychologycal tradition

2.3.2.  Humanistic tradition

2.3.3.  Language acquisition tradition

2.4. 20TH-21ST CENTURIES

2.4.1.  Communicative approaches

3.CONCLUSION

4.BIBLIOGRAPHY