Classroom interaction : between traditional language teaching methods and ESP approach

Abstract EN

Teaching methods or approaches refer generally to the general theories and principles, pedagogy and management strategies used for classroom instruction.

Teachers often resort to use different teaching philosophy and approaches that would determine the type of classroom interaction they tend to employ.

Some teachers encourage the students' native language in order to teach English through what is known the grammar translation method.

Though most teachers do not strictly follow one method or strategy to create one effective classroom interaction, it is commonly believed that students will not learn to produce a language without being exposed to both grammar and vocabulary of the target language.

The current paper is going to shed light on how the different language teaching approaches and methods overlap and can be integrated in the ESP classroom.