Finding Our Bearings in Post-method Waters

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This paper proposes a framework to guide us in designing and implementing our classroom language pedagogy. It is based on three major principles which the teacher can keep constantly in mind: that the learners need to be engaged, that the language needs to be memorized, and that learning needs to move toward communicative competence. Each principle generates between two and four dimensions which the teacher can use to develop specific strategies.

Keywords

• post-method pedagogy
• principles of communication
• principles and dimensions of learning and teaching
• engagement
• memorization
• communication