Unit 1. Foundations of Methodology


Foundations of Methodology
What is the method or an approach to language teaching? The author this book mentioned and applied linguistics to distinguish the terms, they are approach, method, and techniques as they apply to language Teaching.  First an Approach reflects a theoretical model or Research Paradigm. Approach use philosophy of how people learn in General. They can be psychologically focused such as
 behaviorism or cognitivist, so they can  also be based on older philosophic such as Idealism and Realism, next Second Method step by step manner how to teach a second foreign Language, examples of methods are  the Silent Way, Communicative Language Learning, and Suggestopedia. A Method is more specific than a Technique.  Technique is Specific classroom Activity; that
 represents the most specific and concrete of the three Concepts. Example: Dictation, Listening and repeat drills, and read the passage and fill in the blacks. Finally to according by Antony, the ever-growing use English as a Lingua Franca and the Reflection of varieties of English require careful Linguistic description and appropriate Pedagogies. Technique is using Advances in digital, technology so this is opening new channels for Teaching and Learning.





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