... manual TEFL/TESL: Teaching English as a Foreign or Second Language is for Volunteers who are currently teaching or who are about to teach English It is a practical guide for the classroom teacher ... language in daily interaction There is no single text or authority on communicative language teaching It is referred to as an approach that aims to make communication the goal of language teaching ... method (ALM) Background During the Second World War, army programs were set up to teach American military personnel languages such as German, French, Japanese and Tagalog Strong emphasis was placed...