【正确答案】Situational language teaching is a term not commonly used today, but it is an approach developed by British applied linguists H. E. Patmer and A. S. Hornby in the 1930s, and which had an impact on language course which survive in some still being used today. This approach begins with the spoken language. Material is taught orally before it is presented in written form. The target language is the language of the classroom. New language points are introduced and practiced situationally.