本書共十一章。第一章簡介20世紀以前的教學法進程，是全書的引言；第二章談教學法的性質，作者提出了自己的多面體概念，為描述和分析各派教學法立下的基本框架；第三章至第十章介紹了八種教學法，這是本書的主體；第十一章進行了總結比較。
This book presents an overview and analysis of the major approaches and methods used in secona and foreign language teaching. Using a single analytical model throughout the book, the authors
place eacb method within its historical comtext and examine it at three levels: approach. design. and procedure. the methods and approaches covered include: Grammar Translation the Direct
Method Situational Language Teaching Audiolingualism Communicative Language Teaching the silent Way Community Language Learning Total Physical Response the Natural Approach Suggestopedia
’’...one of tne most objective accounts of these methods that one is likely to find anywhere ...valuable to any professional in the language teaching field.’’-Cross Currents.
