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Unit 3- Theories, methods and techniques speaks about the techniques and methods which are used for teaching by TEFL teachers. The most common methods and techniques are:
Grammar translation, Audio-lingualism, Presentation, Practice and Production (PPP), Task-Based Learning, Communicative Language Teaching (CLT), The silent way, Suggestopaedia and The Lexical approach. Each method has its advantages and disadvantages but there are certain distinctive conclusions in which; students need as much exposure to language as possible, students need a certain amount of input from the teacher, communicative tasks offer real learning possibilities but are not enough on their own, anxiety and stress needs to be low for effective language learning and where possible students should be encouraged to discover language for themselves.
Of the teaching methods, four of the methods have very high influence current TEFL practice such as Grammar Translation, PPP, Task-Based Learning and CLT.
