Basic definitions :

Techniques, procedures, methods,

and approaches are terms which
recur so often in the field of
language teaching that they need
to be defined in order to draw a
distinction between them.
1/Approach:
This refers to*Theories about the
nature of language and language
learning that served as the source
of practices and principles in
language teaching* (Richard and
Rodgers ) (1986:16)
An approach describes how
people acquire their knowledge of
the language and makes
statements about the conditions

which will promote successful

language learning.
2/ Methods :
A method is the practical
realization of an approach. The
originators of a method have
arrived at the decisions about
types of activities , roles of
teachers and learners , the kinds
of material which will be helpful
and some models of syllabus
organization.
A method includes the lesson
plan, the syllabus, the text book,
other teaching materials and the
number of teaching periods.
It also includes decisions made
about language teaching/learning
outside the classrooms. All these

components must be in the total

harmony with basic principles of
the selected approach.
4/ Procedure:
A procedure is an ordered
sequence of techniques , for
example, a population dictation
procedure starts when students
are put in small groups. Each
group then sends a second
student u p to read the second
line, the procedure continues until
one group has written the hole
poem .
4/ Techniques :
A technique refers to all the
activities udes by the teacher and
performed by the learners in a

classroom. For example;

Audio_visual aids such as tape
recordes , TV sets data-show
which are used to achieve an
immediate objective . A commun
technique when using video
material is called silent viewing .
This is where the teacher plays
the video with no sounds .Silent
viewing is a single activity rather
than a sequence, and as such is a
technique rather than a whole
procedure.