In 1977,Tracy Terrell, a teacher of Spanish in California,outlined a proposal for a new philosophy of language teaching which hecalled The Natural

Approach The Natural Approach grew out of Terrells experiences. At the same time he has joined forces with Stephen Krashen, an applied linguistic at the university of southern California in elaborating a theorical rationale for the Natural Approach.

The Terrell and Krashens combined statement of the principles and practices of The Natural Approach, appeared in their book The Natural Approach(1983). In The natural approach there is an emphasis on exposure.

This type of method refers to the natural way to teach students in a free environment without producing any stress to them because students need to be relaxed during the 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.