The purpose of the course is to enable students to learn the language teaching methods and approaches since the period of grammar translation and to realize the underlying linguistic and psychological principles of language teaching. They will have the ability to apply suitable techniques for each method.

Enabling students to get an awareness of historical changes in language teaching, overview of concepts of approach, method and technique in English language teaching and their historical development; to have an understanding of such basic approaches, methods and techniques as Grammar Translation, Direct Audio-lingual, The Silent Way, and how they would apply them in real teaching contexts.