A Review of＂Some Basic Principles of Teacher Training＂and＂British and American Methodology＂in NEW ORIENTTIONS IN THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH By Peter Strevens

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English teaching methodology has always been a main topic of interestamong English teachers worldwide. Teacher training is of crucial importance to thesucccss of English teaching. In Chapters 5 & 6 in his NEW ORIENTATIONS INTHE TEACHING OF ENGLISH (1977), Peter Strevens expounds the principlesin teacher training and compares British and American methodology . This articleis a review of these two chapters.