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Communicative Language Teaching (The Communicative Approach)
As the language theories underlying the Audiolingual method and the Sitiuational Language Teaching method were questioned by prominent linguists like Chomsky (1957) during the 1960s, a new trend of...
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The Natural Approach
The natural approach developed by Tracy Terrell and supported by Stephen Krashen, is a language teaching approach which claims that language learning is a reproduction of the way humans naturally...
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The Lexical Approach
Since the publication of the “Lexical Approach” by Michael Lewis in 1993, Language teaching practices have been widely reviewed and discussed. So what are the features of the Lexical Approach? Is it a...
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Ecological approach The Ecological Approach to Language Learning highlights the comprehensive development of language skills within context. Like organisms living in an environment, speakers interact...
View ArticleThe Dogme Approach to Language Teaching
Dogme is a communicative approach to language teaching that was initiated by Scott Thornbury in his article, “A Dogma for EFL”. Dogme advocates a kind of teaching that doesn’t rely on published...
View ArticleThe differences between the SLT, Direct Method, and Audiolingual Method
The differences between Situational Language Teaching, Direct Method, and Audio-Lingual Method What are the differences between the SLT, Direct Method, and Audiolingual Method? The audiolingual method...
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Task Based Language Teaching (TBLT)
What is Task-Based Language Teaching? Task-based language teaching (TBLT) is a type of instruction that relies on the use of authentic target language to do meaningful tasks. TBLT is also referred to...
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Approach, method, procedure and technique
The difference between approach, method, procedure, and technique English Language Teaching (ELT) terminology can be sometimes confusing. This post tries to describe the difference between approach,...
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Seven stages for a successful reading lesson plan
Successful reading lesson plan In this post, you will have an overall view of the stages involved in a reading lesson plan. These stages are all based on theoretical principles that have been tested...
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Teaching receptive skills to ESL and EFL learners
This post is about teaching receptive skills to ESL and EFL students. The following points will be covered: What are the four language skills? What approaches are used to teach language skills? How are...
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