Teaching Methods

There is an array of methods, techniques and approaches to teach, not only the English class, but all of the academic courses. Some of these methods and approaches were the basis for teaching the English language, and others were hardly criticized and rejected.
In my English class I use what I call an "eclectic approach", combining the best features from the various methods and making them useful. From the Suggestopedia method I integrate the music and aromatherapy to create a relaxing performing atmosphere ( I use it mainly on test days). Students need to perform physical activity also, therefore some lessons are planned using TPR. There are other instances in which Krashen's natural method needs to be in place. If the student does not want to communicate at a given time I will allow him to remain silent. Nonetheless, I will follow up on that student as to make sure he is able to use the language basic skills (bics) to communicate in the target language.
The method I prefer is the Communicative language approach. This approach aims to develop communicative competence in the English language, thus allowing some language interaction in the student's vernacular language.
I believe all of the presented methods are very useful to teach in our classes. Let's take advantage of them, and be as creative and innovative as we can be!!!!!!!