Semiotic Nature of Language Teaching Methods in Foreign Language Learning and Teaching

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This paper aims to cover the semiotic nature of language teaching methods, andtheir sample applications in the language classroom. The verbal and the non-verbalaspects of language teaching should not be kept separate since they are closelyinterrelated and interdependent. The use of signs, symbols and visual aids by theteachers help the enhancement of the learning capacity of the language learner both atcognitive and meta-cognitive levels as they listen and try to learn a foreign languagecomponent in the classroom.