Structural linguistics and transformational grammar have deeply shaped contemporary language instruction. Their contributions include the concept of using the foreign language in class as much as possible and the emphasis on audio-lingual skills.
結構學派與變型學派的理論深深影響近代語言教學法，比較著名的，像上課不用學生母語，完全用外語的「直接教學法」；藉助視聽教具、強調口說與耳聽能力的「視聽教學法」；以及強調啟發式教學的「聯想教學法」（suggestopedia）… … 等均是。