Techniques and Principles in Language Teaching

ELT Methods

• Instructor
• Dr. Sadek Firwana
• First Semester, 2015-2016

Ice-Breaker

• A tutor who tooted a flute tried to tutor two tooters to toot. Said the two to their tutor, "Is it harder to toot or tutor two tooters to toot?"

Three competences needed by Teachers of English

• User Competence
• Analyst Competence Teacher Competence

English Language Teaching Methods

• What do you think of the following statement?
• Many teachers now share the belief that a single
• right method does not exist. It is certainly true that
• no comparative study has consistently demonstrated
• the superiority of one method over another for all
• teachers, all students and all settings.

English Language Teaching Methods

• Educational theories and models should be treated with caution. They are all narratives. They each tell a story, but only one story. The may shed light on one aspect of teaching and learning but, in the process, cast other aspects into the shadows (Rowland, 1993: 16).