Relevant definitions-opracowanie

Aims are long-term goals, described in very general terms:
practical aims - learners acquire habits and skills in using a foreign language, i.e. communicative competence
educational aims - learners develop their mental abilities and intelligence in the process of learning the foreign language
cultural aims - learners extend their knowledge of the world in which they live, and thus they acquire cultural competence
Specific objectives, or simply objectives, are descriptions of what is to be achieved in a course. They are more detailed descriptions of exactly what a learner is expected to be able to do at the end of a period of instruction.
Approach - a set of correlative assumptions dealing with the nature of language teaching and learning. An approach is axiomatic: it describes the nature of subject matter to be taught; it states a point of view, a philosophy, and a belief.
Method - an overall plan for the orderly presentation of language material, no part of which contradicts, and all parts are based on the selected approach. A method is procedural. Within one approach, there can be many methods.
Technique - a particular strategy, trick, or device used to accomplish an immediate objective. A technique is implementational - that which actually takes place in a classroom. Techniques must be consistent with a method, and therefore in harmony with an approach as well. Techniques depend on the teacher, his/her individual artistry, and on the composition of the class. A technique takes place in the classroom.
The arrangement of the above trio of terms is hierarchical. The organizational key is that techniques carry out a method which is consistent with an approach.
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