Best Language Learning Methods and Teaching Approaches
The methods and approaches that are listed below have been selected based on their popularity among real teachers and their learners. 1. Communicative. This approach dominates most language classes that are based on the workd in the classroom. Learners spend their time making requests, talking about past events, listening to native speakers, or describing images. All of these activities are guided by the goal of producing meaningful communication at all language levels using authentic materials. 2. Total Physical response. TRP is considered to be one of the best methods of learning a language for small children who are just learning basic vocabulary, but it can be used with students of all levels. 3. Natural Approach. The natural approach acknowledges that speech production comes slowly and takes a lot of time to refine. That’s why it’s never forced or met with explicit error correction, drilling, or conscious learning of grammar rules. In this method teachers almost never correct