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Chapter 2 Aspects of Foreign Language Teaching Teaching Guide This chapter contains 7 parts and the main content is almost the same as that of Chapter 2 in Students’Book except the content about syllabus design in section 2.3.2 and three new parts added. In the original chapter 2, the content concerning syllabus design (section 2.2.2) is more abstract and more macro, but the relevant content in this book is introduced in a more specific and more micro way, which can help readers to conduct the practices in a more operational way. For example, in “Implementation ”we provide three activities concerning syllabus design, syllabus identification and FLT principles. 2.1 Teaching Objectives Through the study of this chapter, students should be able to: understand views of language and foreign language teaching. understand foreign language teaching syllabus. understand foreign language teaching principles. understand aims and objectives of foreign language teaching and learning. 2.2 Interpreting Chapter Content This chapter mainly deals with the following four issues: 2.2.1 Two Views of Language and Foreign Language Teaching 1. The Structural View This view sees language in terms of the bits and pieces by means of which it is put together (see the diagram on P 13 Students’book). 2. The Functional View This view is concerned with language as an instrument of social interaction rather than as a system that is viewed in isolation. It considers the individual as a social being and investigates the way in which he or she acquires language and uses it in order to communicate with others in his or her social environment. According to the functionalists, language has three main functions: descriptive, expressive and social. 1). The descriptive function of language is to convey factual information. This is the type of information which can be stated or denied and in some cases even tested. e.g. It must be well below ten degrees outside. 2). The expressive function of language is to