导言九十年代,在英国的语言教学界发生了一场激烈的争论:教授英语发音是采用自上而下法(top-down approach)好还是自下而上法(bottom-up approach)好?本文分析了两种方法的差异以及各自的长处与不足,阐述了据以选择教学方法的一些重要因素,强调指出不考虑这些因素而单纯地争论孰优孰劣无异于争论该从大端还是小端磕鸡蛋。一、自上而下法与自下而上法的区别谈论这两种方法的区别,是以人们对它们有公认的界定为前提的,然而不幸的是我 Introduction In the nineties there was a heated debate in the language teaching profession in the UK about teaching top-down approaches or bottom-up approaches. This paper analyzes the differences between the two methods and their respective strengths and weaknesses, elaborates some important factors on which to choose teaching methods, emphasizes that regardless of these factors, purely arguing for which one is better is arguing whether the debate should be taken from the big end or not Small end knock egg. First, the distinction between top-down and bottom-up approaches The difference between the two approaches is based on the premise that people have a generally accepted definition of them, but unfortunately I