Question

A “method” is not a relevant issue in such a connection between approach and technique. As your teacher-trainees develop and carry out classroom techniques, they can benefit by grounding everything they do in well-established principles of language learning and teaching. In so doing, they will be less likely to bring a pre-packaged and possibly ineffective method to bear, and more likely to be directly responsive to their students’ purposes and goals. (BROWN, H. Douglas. Beyond Method: Toward a principled approach to language learning and teaching. Anais do XIII ENPULI. 1995 p.45) Which statement is correct according to Brown?

Accepted Answer

C) Principles of language learning and teaching should be the more important for teachers’ planning than the method itself.

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A) The classes should be teacher-centered to establish students’ purposes and goals.

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B) The author believes that a set of exercises should be done repeatedly to improve students’ fluency.

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D) The discussion about methods and their effectiveness, although controversial, should guide teachers to adopt the most appropriated method for their students.

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