1. WHAT IS A METHOD? IT CAN BE DEFINED AS AN OVERALL PLAN FOR SYSTEMATIC PRESENTATION OF A LANGUAGE BASSED ON AN APROACH.

2. WHAT IS AN APPROACH? A SET OF ASSUMPTIONS DEALING WITH THE NATURE OF LANGUAGE, LEARNING AND TEACHING.

3. WHAT IS A TECHNIQUE? SPECIFIC CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES CONSISTENT WITH A METHOD, AND THEREFOR IN HARMONY WITH AN APROACH (EDWARD ANTHONY 1963)

4. WHY ARE METHODS NO LONGER THE MILESTONES OF A LANGUAGE TEACHING? THEY ARE TOO PRESCRIPTIVE IT IS MORE DISTINGUISHABLE IN EARLY STAGES LANGUAGE PADAGOGY CAN NOT BE SO CLEARLY VERIFIED BY IMPIRICAL VALIDATION.

5. A PRINCIPLIED APPROACH O AUTOMATICITY O MEANINGFULL LEARNING O THE ANTICIPATION OF REWARD O INTRINSIC MOTIVATION O STRATEGIC INVESTMENT O LANGUAGE EGO O SELF CONFIDENCE O RISK TAKING

6. O THE LANGUAGE CULTURE CONNECTION O THE NATIVE LANGUAGE EFFECT O INTERLANGUAGE O COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE

7. DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND ASSESMENT

8. DIAGNOSIS O CURRICULAR PLANS O WHY DOES THE STUDENT NEED TO LEARN ENGLISH? O WHAT ARE HIS SITUATIONAL NEEDS? O WHAT IS EXPECTED OF THE STUDENTS? O HOW CAN I CHANGE OR MODIFY THE CURRICULA IN ORDER TO MEET THESE NEEDS?

9. O PROMOTE AMBIGUITY TOLERANCE O HELP STUDENTS USE THIER INTUITION O GET STUDENTS TO MAKE THEIR MISTAKES WORK FOR THEM O GET STUDENTS TO SET THEIR OWN GOALS

10. TREATMENT O LOWER INHIBITIONS O INCOURAGE RISK TAKING O BUILD STUDENTS’ SELF-CONFIDENCE O HELP STUDENTS DEVELOP INTRINSIC MOTIVATION O PROMOTE COOPERATIVE LEARNING O ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO USE RIGHT BRAIN PROCESSING

11. ASSESSMENT: DID WE REACH OUR GOAL? O FORMATIVE EVALUATION: O TECHNIQUES FOR PERFORMANCE BASSED ASSESMENT O PORTFOLIO DEVELOPMENT O ORAL PRODUCTION INVENTORIES O COOPERATIVE STUDENT-STUDENT TECHNIQUES O AUTHENTIC RUBRIC TESTING

12. CONCLUSION O Methods as we historically understand the term in the profession, are not a relevant issue in the sophisticated process of diagnosing, treating and assessing learners of a foreign language. As teachers and teacher trainies develop and carry out classroom techniques, they can benifit by grounding everything they do in a well established principles of language learning and teaching.