Includes bibliographical references and index.

Scott Thornbury's 30 Teaching Methods groups methods according to what they have in common, even if separated in time. At the same time, it rehabilitates some lost or forgotten methods, with a view to challenging current orthodoxies, especially with regard to such topics as translation, rote learning, authenticity, and communication. In doing this it aims to unpack, not just the history of methods, but the beliefs that underpin them and the benefits that still might possibly accrue from experimenting with them.

CONTENTS

Thanks and Acknowledgements

Why I wrote this book

A: Natural methods 1. Total Immersion
2. The Natural Method/Approach
3. The Direct Method
4. The Oral Method
5. The Reading Method
6. The Audiolingual Method
7. Total Physical Response

B: Linguistic methods 8. Explication de Texte 9. Text Memorization 10. Grammar Translation 11. The Lexical Approach 12. Text-based Instruction 13. The Comparative Method

C: Communicative methods 14. The Situational Approach 15. Communicative Language Teaching 16. Task-based Language Teaching 17. Competency-based Teaching 18. Whole Language Learning 19. Content-based Instruction 20. Dogme ELT/Teaching Unplugged

D: Visionaries 21. Community Language Learning 22. Suggestopedia 23. The Silent Way 24. Crazy English & the Rassias Method

E: Self-study methods
25. Orientalists 26. Prendergast's 'Mastery System' 27. Brand name Methods: Assimil, Michel Thomas, Pimsleur 28. Programmed Instruction: Duolingo 29. Online Polyglots

F: Beyond methods 30. Principled Eclecticism

Index