Scott Thornbury - My 7 favourite language teaching methods CambridgeDay2020

Watch the presentation and then discuss the following topics:

1. The list of methods represented in the introduction and their salient features.
2. The definitions of the method.
3. The shift in language pedagogy away from a single method towards the postmethod era/condition/situation.
4. Richards and Rogers’ attitude to methods of language teaching.
5. 7 methods

ü   Prendergast’s “Mastery System”

ü   Oral Method

ü   Reading Method

ü   Community Language Learning

ü   Crazy English

ü   TBLT

ü   Principled Eclecticism

1. Presenter’s attitude to Grammar Translation Method.
2. Curriculum/Syllabus vs Method.
3. Choosing the method according to your constrains/conditions.