Abstract :
In our world, from 1900s to the present, much kind of approaches and methods have been applied on language teaching. These approaches are behavioral, constructive and cognitive as the main parts. During the historical process these approaches were changed related to about their aims, application methods and their basic thoughts. The traditional approach which is the oldest approach in the language teaching covers the teaching of rules of the grammar, literature, proverbs and liberal education. The language was taught as the other behaviors, like repetition, imitation, memorizing and classical conditioning as the stimulation-reaction in behavioral approach. These thoughts started to change in 1950s and the thought that is the “language is the for the communicating” started to spread. Then the studies containing communication and the usage of the language in daily life were done. Nowadays with the constructive approach, the thought that is “language is a tool for social communication” has been supported. The developing of mental, emotional, and social skills have been handled and teaching of language has been done with the many kind of activities, duties and projects. In our country, important developments were done during the last years parallel to the world. A new Turkish Programme with the constructive approach was prepared by leaving the behavioral approach. Education approaches such as constructive approach, multiples intellect, student-centered learning, interdisciplinary approach, etc. were taken as basis in new 2004 Turkish Education Programme. In this way, new Turkish Programme contains developing skills such as mental, emotional, and social and language teaching is being done with the many kind of activities, duties and projects.
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Turkish , language teaching , approach , method , constructivism
