Constructivism and EFL- the question remains…
The field of foreign language instruction evolved from the former grammar -translation and audio-lingual approaches into a focus on speech acts and language functions up until the late 70s when a model known as the ‘communicative approach’ emerged and became the predominant theory to develop EFL curriculum in the classrooms all over the world.
Up to this date, no pedagogical approach based on constructivism has been formally developed and as a matter of fact, both behaviorist and cognitive traditions still have a major impact in language instruction. Much of today’s standardized foreign language testing and computer based instruction still reinforce these traditions.
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