Introduction Chapter 1Approaches and Methods: 500 Years of ForeignLanguage Teaching in the West L1 A Brief History of Foreign Language, Teaching in the West 1.2 Approaches and Methods: The Basic Questions 1.3 What Is Language? Some Currem aaswers to the Qucstlons 1.4 How Do People Learn Languages? q~vo Sets of Theories Chapter 2 Understanding Spoken Language 2.1 Levels of Understanding 2.2 First Level of Meaning-~he Literal Meaning2.3 Building Up the Phonetic Picture