The study of pedagogical practices(including research).Whatever considerations are involved in “how to teach” are methodological
Technique
Any of wide variety of exercises,activities or used in the language classroom for realizing lesson objectives
Grammar translation method Where does it come from
This method has been used to teach dead languages (latin or ancient greek) because people who are learning them have no chance in developing the four skills ,so they focus only on reading and grammer
Towards the end of the late 1800s,a revolution in language teaching philosophy took place that is seen by many as the beginning of the modern foreign language teaching
Teachers, began to experiment with new ways of teaching language
It comes from the World War ll. When America became aware that it needed people to learn foreign languages very quickly as part of its overall military operations.
Community language learning Where does it come from
In the early seventies, Charles Curran developed a new education model “Counceling-Learning” drawing on Carl Rogers’ view that learners were to be considered not as a class, but as a group, Curran’s philosophy dictated that students were to be thought of as a “clients”
Key features
Students are to be considered as “leaner-clients” and the teacher as a “teacher-councelor”
A relationship mutal trust and support is considered essential to the learning process
Students are permitted to use their native language ,and are provided with translations from the teacher which they then attempts to apply