Beyond the Concept of Method: Up-to-date School Language Teachers

Abstract

Prospective teachers are crammed with a good number of teaching methods while doing their courses in colleges or universities. All these methods theoretically valid. However, once teachers commence their journeys and get a room in practical classrooms, one can observe that no particular method is executed wholly, and in some circumstances these methods are not functioning well in one particular classroom or on a particular learner as every classroom is unique and every learner is unique. Teachers need to develop their own theories to be practised in classrooms as most of the proposed widespread theories and methods of teaching have been developed by professionals in their labs or universities settings, and who might never pay a visit to a classroom, especially at school level. The present paper is in response to the current affairs caused by the pandemic, Covid-19 and urges teachers in their classrooms to adopt a holistic approach to successfully manage what is happening in their classrooms or online teaching. The Covid-19 (January through September 2020) was an evaluative test to many teachers and institutes.  Upon the announcement of spread of this particular pandemic, almost all schools and universities in many countries felt like paralysed, shut their classrooms and halls and even suspended the exams. Technology as a medium of teaching should have been employed from the very beginning of Covid-19 period, but teachers and institutes were not well-prepared for such a case and many could not dare to teach using online platforms. Succeeding to deliver smooth and fruitful classes in this period of time will have a positive effect in the post-covid-19 time in which a perfect blend between classroom and online learning-teaching will be practiced with ease and maximise the outcomes among learners.