CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Method is “an overall plan for the orderly presentation of language materials, no part of which contradicts, and all of which is based upon, the selected approach”. Technique is “implementational”, referring to “ a particular trick, strategem, or contrivance used to accomplish an immediate objective.”

Detailed explanation-2: -A method is an application of an approach in the context of language teaching. An example of a method is the grammar-translation method. This method employs the memorization of various grammar rules and the translation of second language material to the student’s native language.

Detailed explanation-3: -Teaching methods are the broader techniques used to help students achieve learning outcomes, while activities are the different ways of implementing these methods. Teaching methods help students: master the content of the course. learn how to apply the content in particular contexts.

Detailed explanation-4: -Method was defined as an overall plan for systematic presentation of language based on a selected approach. It followed that techniques were specific classroom activities consistent with a method, and therefore in harmony with an approach as well.

Detailed explanation-5: -An approach is a way of looking at teaching and learning. Underlying any language teaching approach is a theoretical view of what language is, and of how it can be learnt. An approach gives rise to methods, the way of teaching something, which use classroom activities or techniques to help learners learn.