Situational Approach and other Language Teaching Approaches
Language Teaching has been a fluctuating field as it is not as steady a subject as, say, chemistry, physics, etc., where a new theory takes years to make space. Yet, in language teaching, there is so much instability in the writer’s eyes due to the fact that many teachers don’t know the history of changes in teaching approaches and methods. She tries to create awareness by shedding light on this matter so that the teacher should not pride by merely innovating a method or technique that has already been practiced. In addition to the above-noted five approaches, four more approaches were in considerable practice. Now the writer categorizes all these approaches as follows: Grammar Translation Approach, Direct Method Approach, Reading Approach, Audio-lingual Approach, Oral or Situational Approach…
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Eric Raymond