assumptions about language learning as, according to Jane Willis (1996: 133), its aim
is to teach a specific language form and, therefore, it is used to implement a synthetic
approach to language teaching (for a discussion of the synthetic approach see section
1.2.1). According to Lewis (1996: 11), any model based or even resembling the
traditional PPP model is wholly unsatisfactory as it does not reflect either the nature
of language or the nature of learning. Moreover, as Dave Willis (1996: 44) stresses,
PPP requires students to produce language unthinkingly and in accordance with
stimuli provided by the teacher and thus it makes them focus on conformity rather
than accuracy