Thinking about Theory - Teaching Methods

After reading the discussions the two methods that stood out for me as being the least appealing were Grammar Translation and Audio-lingual. Grammar: *use of mother tongue. *structural *no focus on pronunciation. *drill & practice *rely on lesson & textbook *focus on written word. *teacher centered. Audio: *use of target language. *structural. *focus on pronunciation. *drill & practice. *rely on lesson & textbook. *focus on spoken language. *teacher centered. There were good arguments on the beneficial aspects to these methods. In the grammar translation method students might be familiar with it and have a comfort level learning by this method. Since it is teacher centered the instructor can be flexible and as said by my colleagues adapt to the needs of the students. In audio-lingual method I was reminded how drill and practice need not be boring. Using songs and rhymes are a fun and creative way to teach and don't become tedious even if repeated over and over.