Sani David Mwanza, The Eclectic Method to language Teaching: Clarifications and Conceptual Extensions

Abstract

The eclectic method to language teaching is understood to be the
use of several methods in one lesson. It is also argued that it is a
reaction against a single method owing to the fact that each of the
individual methods has strengths and weaknesses. However, there
are still a number of questions around the conceptualisation of the
method. For example, how many methods should one combine to
come up with the eclectic method? Additionally, does the number
of methods which one combines have an effect on the overall
eclectic method? This paper makes an attempt to answer these two
questions and at the same time provide frameworks through which
the eclectic method to language teaching should be understood.