Teaching Instructional Strategies

Method is the way in which the language material that is to be learnt is presented. There are many methods through which language is taught. The grammar translation method was the most common method in Europe in the 19th century. The direct method also known as the natural method and the series method were developed around 1900. During the 1930s till the 1960s, the oral approach was developed. Around World War II, the audio-lingual method was developed.
Recent methods being used are Communicative language teaching (CLT) also called Communicative Approach which lays stress on interaction and considers it the goal of language learning. Through Language immersion a foreign language is used for delivering academic content, it has three types which are dual immersion, indigenous immersion and foreign language immersion.
The Methodist/minimalist approach is basically used by inexperienced ESL teachers. The directed practice method makes the student repeat phrases. Learning by teaching has students perform the teacher’s role and teach peers. The Proprioceptive language learning method also known as feedback training method focuses on developing the cognitive skills. A discovery learning approach is the Silent Way where the teacher is normally silent but gives clues to students.