A New Challenge in the Methodology of the Post-Method Era

Bahadır Cahit Tosun

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This study first seeks to provide background information as to the history of language teaching and the emergence of ‘best method’ concern, then as a second step it seeks to shed light on the post – method condition dwelling on its essentials. Ultimately, the question whether this new painful and argumentative transmission period is a prognostic of a great mistake of the past is aimed to be discussed.

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