Approaches to language teaching and learning

Abstract

This paper aimed to discuss the statement “Approaches to language teaching can be characterised as the emphasis on certain design features at the expense of others.” Specifically, both grammar-translation method and communicative language teaching method were compared and contrasted. It concluded that no one method is perfect for every teaching situation. For different teaching settings, different methods/methodologies ought to be adopted, ideally, integrated, for they compensate for each other.