Explores the reasons why it appears that there is no one best method for teaching language, focusing on different teaching contexts, the validity of various methods, and the notion of good and bad methods and teachers' sense of plausibility. (Author/CB)

Immigrants form an important and growing part of the Canadian population. Governments recognize the need to help new immigrants integrate into Canadian society by learning to speak either English or French, and therefore offer or support Language training programs. The federal Government, through the Department of Citizenship and Immigration, runs…