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Lecture 3 
Theme: Main (Basic) Methodological concepts 
A) Basic methodological concepts in Methods 
b) Methodological Principles 
c) Some ideas on methods of teaching 
d) Types of teaching methods
e) Methods of foreign language teaching 
f) The system of teaching and teaching Aids
It is worthwhile discussing briefly the difference between three words which are often 
used when talking about teaching foreign languages: techniques, methods and 
approaches. 
When we use the word approach we mean that an idea or theory is being applied: that 
whatever the teacher does certain theoretical principles arev always born in mind. 
When we talk about a 
technique
we mean a procedure used in the classroom. Finally 
a 
method
is a set of procedures or a collection of a techniques used in a systematic 
way which it is hoped will result in efficient learning. 
A 
technique
then is the narrowest term, meaning one single procedure. A 
method
will consist of a number of techniques, probably arranged in a specific order. The 
word 
approach
is much more general and has the implication that whatever method 
or techniques the teacher uses, he does not feel bound by these, but only by the theory 
in which he believes. If he can find new and better methods or techniques which will 
fit in with his approach, then he will adopt these.
We therefore have a hierarchical system:
Approach
Method 1 Method 2 etc 
Technique A Technique 2 etc.
It follows from this that different approaches may share the same techniques and even 
the same methods; and different methods may share the same techniques.
We have already introduced the scheme of behaviorist learning theory. In this case it 
makes sense to talk about “the behaviorist approach” but “the audio - lingual 
method”. We can also talk about different drilling “techniques”. 

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