The eclectic approach: A key to teach every and each student.
The eclectic approach to language teaching has become common and fashionable in modern language teaching. However, not much has been done to explain what eclecticism is in the context of language teaching. This article sets to explain two sides of the argument. Firstly, it argues for what the eclectic approach is (conceptions), and secondly, it presents and discusses some commonly held misconceptions about the methods. The eclectic approach was born out of the realization that each of the single previous methods had strengths and weaknesses and that no one method was responsive to the dynamic classroom context. Thus, based on the shortcoming of the methods, Brown (2002) argues that eclecticism provides the solution because the approach allows the teacher to select what works within their own dynamic contexts. Gilliland, James, and Bowman (1994) stated that the justification for the eclectic approach lies in the weaknesses of the single approach because a single metho