作为我国高等教育组成部分的自学考试，其职责就是在高等教育这个水平上倡导自学、鼓励自学、帮助自学、推动自学，为每一个自学者铺就成才之路。组织编写供读者学习的教材就是履行这个职责的重要环节。毫无疑问，这种教材应当适合自学，应当有利于学习者掌握和了解新知识、新信息，有利于学习者增强创新意识，培养实践能力，形成自学能力，也有利于学习者学以致用，解决实际工作中所遇到的问题。
Chapter One General Introduction
The Nature of FLTM
Theories of Linguistics
Traditional linguistics
American structuralism
Transformational generative linguistics
Functional linguistics
Theories of Psychology and
Second Language Acquisition
Theories of psychology
Theories of second language acquisition
A Brief History of Foreign Language Teaching
The Reform Movement(1882-1906)
Modern language teaching and research(1906-1940)
Structural language teaching(1940-1970)
Communicative language teaching (1970-)
Explanatory Notes on Some Terms
Points for Discussion
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