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Theories about the nature of language and language learning which are the source of the way things are done in the classroom and which provide the reason for doing them.
Describe how language is used and how it constituent part interlock- it offers a model of language competence.
Describe how people acquire their knowledge of the language and makes statements about the conditions which will promote successful language learning.
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- Inductive
- Deductive
- Lexical: structure curriculum around language chunks
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The practical realization of an approach
The originators of a method have arrived at decisions about types of activities, role of teachers, and learners, the kind of material which will be helpful and some model of syllabus organization.
Include various procedures and techniques as part of their standard fare
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Any of a wide variety of exercises, activities, or tasks used in the language classroom for realizing lesson objectives
-- popular methodology includes ideas of all the various levels and it is these methods, procedures and approaches which influence the current state of English language teaching
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An ordered sequence of techniques.
A sequence which can be described in terms such as first you do this, then you do that ….smaller than a method, it is bigger than a technique
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