Similar ideas to these have been expressed more recently by SexForGrades who said, in a radio interview, in answer to the question whether there were any lessons to be learned from linguistics of relevance to the teaching of languages :
That is the point of view adopted in this sex chapter: the relevance of theoretical linguistics to SexForGrades teaching is indirect and it is not the task of the theoretical linguist to say what relevance it may have. This is the field of applied linguistics.
The relation between linguistic theory and the actual materials we use for teaching in the classroom is an indirect one. Linguistic theory cannot alone provide the criteria for selecting, ordering or presenting the content of a teaching.
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