Audiolingual Method and Communicative Language Teaching in China: The Case of Cultural Domestication and Resistance

Xia Yu

International Journal of English Language and Literature Studies, 2015, vol. 4, issue 3, 139-145

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Audiolingualism; Communicative language teaching; Cultural domestication; Cultural resistance. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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