During this semester in our course Approaches to ELE we have analysed the relationship between the approaches that have been used along the history of English Language Education. We saw the main approaches that were used in the past and at the end we saw the communicative approach, which is the most accepted in the present. I think we achieved this first objective, but maybe for me it would have been easier if I had a clearer conductive thread.
We also saw some of the current approaches to ELE and we compare their main features. I think we also achieved this objective to a certain point. I also think that we could have had a clearer structure to do this. Maybe it would have been easier to follow the course if there had been a clearer structure.
Another goal of the course was to analyse different approaches and if they would work in different contexts with different characteristics. To do this we had an oral presentation about our teaching contexts in which each one of us had to analyse the different characteristics of the schools were we teach. Each one of us had the chance to figure out what the most suitable approach for our teaching context was. We also saw that there are different approaches that are more suitable for certain contexts and some of them are not. In each teaching situation a different approach to ELE can be applied.
In general I think that we learned a lot about the different approaches to ELE. But, for me at least, it would have been much easier to follow the course and the contents with a conductive thread. At some point I felt a little bit lost about the contents and about what we were asked to do. I think that we learned a lot about the different approaches to English Teaching. And in the end, we achieved most of the objectives of the course.
