ELT Approaches and Methodology

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It focuses on grammar over everything else. There is a lack of attention to the spoken language. The use of L1 is the language of instruction.

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Grammar Translation Method

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This method aimed to reconstruct the conditions that children have when learning their first language naturally. This approach focuses on good pronunciation, with spontaneous use of the language, no translation, and little grammar analysis.

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The Direct Method

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What method involves highly teacher-centered lessons where learners listen to a text and repeat it, followed by drills for practice?

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Audio-lingual Method

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Grammar was not explained but learners were encouraged to arrive at an understanding of its meaning and use through the situation in which it was presented. What approach does this describe?

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The Situational Approach

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In this approach, the value of communicative competence (Hymes, 1966) came to take priority over grammatical accuracy.

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The Communicative Approach

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What teaching method involves the teacher modeling a sound or word, using colored charts or Cuisenaire rods, with non-verbal feedback?

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The Silent Way

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The classroom is brightly decorated, the seats are comfortable, baroque music is played and the teacher speaks in a soft comforting tone. The use of yogic breathing techniques and occasional gymnastic exercises are also promoted.

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Suggestopedia

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Vocabulary is prized over grammar in this approach. The teaching of chunks and set phrases has become common in English as a foreign or a second language.

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The Lexical Approach

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A method of language education that combines various approaches and methodologies to teach language depending on the aims of the lesson and the abilities of the learners. Different teaching methods are borrowed and adapted to suit the requirement of the learners.

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The Eclectic Approach

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Planning takes place after the lesson, not before it. Thornbury wanted the lessons to be driven by the immediate needs and interests of the learners rather than by materials teachers prepare in advance.

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