Postmethod and Eclectic Language Teaching

Start with an eclectic approach

An Informed and Eclectic Approach is a useful starting point. This mind map presents principles for designing and evaluating classroom lessons. It also connects reading, observation, discussion and teaching. As you study it, note how these activities relate to the decisions involved in planning a lesson.

Use the map to organize your understanding of the approach. You could write a short summary of the principles it presents, then return to the map to check how those principles connect.

Explore postmethod pedagogy

Next, look at the map on postmethod pedagogy that covers conceptualizing, actualizing and problematizing it. Its branches include the pedagogy of particularity and the pedagogy of practicality. These give you terms to follow as you explore the page.

Post Method Pedagogy is another place to look at its parameters and characteristics. Compare the terms and connections in the maps, noting where they address similar ideas. Keeping the maps open as you make notes can help you trace those connections.

Connect theory and reflection

The page also lists a mind map on postmethod pedagogy and its influence on English as a foreign language teaching strategies. It considers the relationship between theorists and practitioners, as well as classroom-oriented theories of practice.

Maps on reflective teaching and its impact on foreign language teaching offer another perspective. One introduces reflection through critical thinking about past or current experiences. Consider how that perspective relates to the classroom work described in the eclectic approach map.

Use the wider unit

This topic is part of Language Teaching Methods and Approaches in Education and pedagogy. The maps give you a way to connect approaches, principles and classroom practice within that unit. There are no quizzes on this topic page, so use your own notes to check what you can explain after studying a map.

Choose a map and build a short set of notes around its main branches.