Approaches and Methods of English Language Teaching

Abstract

The teaching of any subject matter is usually based on the analysis of the nature of the subject itself, and the application of teaching and learning principles drawn from research and theory in educational psychology. The result is generally referred to as a teaching method or approach, by which I refer to a set of core teaching and learning principles together with a body of classroom practices that are derived from them.
Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching seek to provide a comprehensible account of major and trends in century to the present. So that ,the researcher considered, there is a need to investigate in this field.
This investigation consists of three parts. Part I deals with introduction, the problem and its significance . Part II deals with brief history of language teaching , then I concentrate on two of these approaches and methods (Grammar Translation Method and Communicative Approach ) . Eventually the third part is the conclusion

Keywords

English