- The Centre for Language & Linguistics at Christ Church University -

"My 7 Favourite Language Teaching Methods

The ‘method approach’ has been discredited by many scholars on the grounds that individual methods don’t fit the diversity of contexts in which second languages are taught. Nevertheless, training courses still include a component on ‘methods’ and many teachers are curious about the way that methods have evolved, often as a by-product of developments in education and philosophy. Also, methods offer novice teachers a framework with which to structure the seemingly chaotic nature of the language learning process, as they develop their own, more context-sensitive ‘methodology’. In this talk, I choose seven methods that (I will argue) embody sound principles of methodology and suggest that methods are not – as sometimes claimed – dead. 

Scott has taught and trained in Egypt, the UK, Spain, and in his native New Zealand. Until recently he taught an online MA TESOL program for The New School in New York. His writing credits include several award-winning books for teachers on language and methodology. He is also the series editor for the Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers, and a trustee of the Hands Up Project, which promotes drama activities in English for children in under-resourced regions of the Arab world. At present, he is working for the Mosaik Foundation, training teachers of refugees in the Middle East in how to integrate communicative activities into their online classes. His website is www.scottthornbury.com"

Place: Zoom Meeting - https://NewSchool.zoom.us/j/91929555957