WHAT IS A METHOD?

IT CAN BE DEFINED AS AN OVERALL PLAN FOR SYSTEMATIC

PRESENTATION OF A LANGUAGE BASSED ON AN APROACH.

WHAT IS AN APPROACH?

A SET OF ASSUMPTIONS DEALING WITH THE NATURE OF LANGUAGE,

LEARNING AND TEACHING.

WHAT IS A TECHNIQUE?SPECIFIC CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

CONSISTENT WITH A METHOD, AND THEREFOR IN HARMONY WITH AN APROACH

(EDWARD ANTHONY 1963)

WHY ARE METHODS NO LONGER THE

MILESTONES OF A LANGUAGE TEACHING?

• THEY ARE TOO PRESCRIPTIVE• IT IS MORE DISTINGUISHABLE IN EARLY STAGES• LANGUAGE PADAGOGY CAN NOT BE SO CLEARLY

VERIFIED BY IMPIRICAL VALIDATION.

A PRINCIPLIED APPROACH

O AUTOMATICITYO MEANINGFULL LEARNINGO THE ANTICIPATION OF REWARDO INTRINSIC MOTIVATIONO STRATEGIC INVESTMENTO LANGUAGE EGOO SELF CONFIDENCEO RISK TAKING

O THE LANGUAGE CULTURE CONNECTION

O THE NATIVE LANGUAGE EFFECTO INTERLANGUAGEO COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE

DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND

ASSESMENT

DIAGNOSISO CURRICULAR PLANSO WHY DOES THE STUDENT NEED TO

LEARN ENGLISH?O WHAT ARE HIS SITUATIONAL NEEDS?O WHAT IS EXPECTED OF THE

STUDENTS?O HOW CAN I CHANGE OR MODIFY THE

CURRICULA IN ORDER TO MEET THESE NEEDS?

O PROMOTE AMBIGUITY TOLERANCEO HELP STUDENTS USE THIER

INTUITIONO GET STUDENTS TO MAKE THEIR

MISTAKES WORK FOR THEMO GET STUDENTS TO SET THEIR OWN

GOALS

TREATMENTO LOWER INHIBITIONSO INCOURAGE RISK TAKINGO BUILD STUDENTS’ SELF-CONFIDENCEO HELP STUDENTS DEVELOP INTRINSIC

MOTIVATIONO PROMOTE COOPERATIVE LEARNINGO ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO USE

RIGHT BRAIN PROCESSING

ASSESSMENT:DID WE REACH OUR GOAL?

O FORMATIVE EVALUATION: O TECHNIQUES FOR PERFORMANCE

BASSED ASSESMENTO PORTFOLIO DEVELOPMENTO ORAL PRODUCTION INVENTORIESO COOPERATIVE STUDENT-STUDENT

TECHNIQUESO AUTHENTIC RUBRIC TESTING

CONCLUSIONO Methods as we historically understand

the term in the profession, are not a relevant issue in the sophisticated process of diagnosing, treating and assessing learners of a foreign language. As teachers and teacher trainies develop and carry out classroom techniques, they can benifit by grounding everything they do in a well established principles of language learning and teaching.