International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities Research · Vol. 2 No. January Issue (2026)

IMITATIVE METHODS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING

Authors

  • Mubinakhon Rakhimova Andijan State Institute of Foreign Languages Faculty of Romano-Germanic and Slavic Languages Department of Theory and Practice of the French Language Trainee Lecturer

Keywords

interactive approaches foreign language teaching linguistics pedagogy imitation imitative techniques

Abstract

This article examines the significance of imitation in foreign language teaching. The author compares imitative and non-imitative pedagogical approaches, analyzing their functions in the educational process and evaluating their impact on students’ language acquisition outcomes.

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