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ERIC Number: EJ1349126
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-1657-0790
EISSN: EISSN-2256-5760
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Are Language Teaching Methods Really Dead as Some TESOL Gurus Have Proclaimed?
PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, v24 n2 p203-213 Jul-Dec 2022
Up to the last two decades of the 20th century, the era of methods prevailed as a key component, especially in the field of teaching English as a second language. Nevertheless, by the end of the century, many TESOL authorities were questioning the usefulness and scope of methods. Consequently, the idea was declared dead and the postmethod condition emerged. In this reflection article, it is argued that the nature and scope of a method in the teaching field cannot die for a series of reasons. It is concluded that what can be proclaimed is the death of a unique, universal method, but not the death of methods per se, since this is an essential component of any teaching process.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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