His goal was to teach students to use the language through imitation.

Explicitly focused on studying grammar.

Teaching focused on speaking and listening in the foreign language.

Based on theories of Behaviourism.

The teacher should be silent and the learners encouraged to speak.

As a reaction to grammar-oriented approaches.

Built around the coordination of speech and action.

Meant to understand students' feelings, physical reactions, desire to learn.

A blend of different methods to teach a language.

Learning is fostered by reaching an optimal state of alert relaxation

Students can learn language by doing tasks.

Encourages to teach without textbooks.

Curriculum content and foreign languages are taught together.