Approaches and
Methods In
Language Teaching
Approach
Is a set of correlative assumptions dealing with the nature of language teaching and learning.
Method
Method Direct
• In teaching, the use of the foreign language in the classroom should be encouraged.
• The learners would then be able to induce grammar rules.
• The teacher replaced the textbook in the early stages of learning.
• Speaking began with systematic attention to pronunciation.
• Known words can be used to teach new vocabulary, using mimicry, demonstrations, and pictures.
Is a general plan for the orderly presentation of linguistic material, none of which contradicts and all of which is based on the selected approach.
Technique
Is implementation, the one that actually takes place in a classroom.
The nature of approaches and methods
Approach and method
In an attempt to clarify this difference, a scheme was proposed by the American applied linguist Edward Anthony in 1963.