There are many factors that affect how well a student manages to learn a foreign language – student`s motivation, natural talent and diligence, quality of the lecturer and the chosen teaching method.

Examining the concept of Method in second language education, this paper argues that both a historical analysis and an investigation of its current use reveal little conceptual coherence. Ultimately, ...

John A. Rassias, a Dartmouth College professor of French and Italian who created a method to teach languages that was adopted by the Peace Corps, died Dec. 2 at his home in Norwich, Vt. He was 90.