Following earlier discussions on the legitimacy issue of the communication studies in Taiwan, in this paper we turn our attention to the pedagogical issues associated with new teaching methods adopted in the course of communication theories. Instead of using the instructor assigned textbooks, students were encouraged to select, read, and present books, as well as theories, for a purpose to build up their own theoretical basis. According to the evaluation results, this new way of teaching was appreciated by most students because they were allowed to create a different learning perspective in which the "learning by doing" doctrine was maintained.