Modernizing Teaching English with Reference to Some of The Traditional Methods

Abstract

The present paper is about Modern English Language Teaching. It studies four main methods of teaching English they are: GTM, DM, ALM and CLT. The study consists of three sections. The first section of the paper is devoted to the introduction of the study. The second section of the paper is to a theoretical background, the principal characteristics, psychological and linguistics theories and some of the merits and demerits of these methods. Section three is devoted to a questionnaire to fulfill the aims of the study. The questionnaire will be made on some of English teachers in Karbala city. Finally, the paper ends with conclusion of the study. It is concluded that CLT is the most wide spread teaching method in Karbala city. In addition, GTM is one of the oldest teaching methods, though some teachers used it in some schools attributing to the low levels of students.In short, we can conclude that there is a harmonical relationship between approach, method and technique.

Keywords

• Learning, Method, approach, Grammar Translation method, Direct Method, Audio-Lingual Method, Total Physical Approach, Communicative Language teaching, Community language learning