Audiolingual Method and Communicative Language Teaching in China: The Case of Cultural Domestication and Resistance

Abstract

Audiolingualism and Communicative Language Teaching are two pedagogies both of foreign origin, however, they have made drastically different impact on English Language Teaching in China. The paper explains from a cultural perspective why audiolingualism is painlessly integrated into traditional Chinese approach of English learning while Communicative Language Teaching seems to have encountered fierce resistance from Chinese teachers and students.