The Natural Approach surges in 1997 when a Spanish teacher in California named Tracy Terrell outlined a proposal for

a new philosophy of language teaching. (Terrell 1977; 1982: 121) The Natural Approach is based in the teaching experiences of Terrell. Another big contribution to this approach was given by Stephen Krashen, a linguistic professor at the University of Southern California whose second language acquisition theories helped to construct the theoretical support for the Natural approach.

Finally, Terrell and Krashen combined their ideas to develop the principles and practices of this new philosophy of language teaching in a book called The Natural Approach (1983). In The natural approach there is an emphasis on language acquisition.

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The natural approach refers to the natural way to teach students in an unstressed environment to improve students learning process. Some language activities should be included, such as, games, group work, etc. Students have to develop three stages in the learning process: Preproduction: listening skills Early Production: students experience problems with the L2 when interacting and errors are made. Extending Production: fluency should be promoted.