Many newly qualified or inexperienced teachers tend to base their lesson
planning on the traditional PPP approach (Presentation, Practice, Production)
because it is reliable and it is a valid framework around which to base a series of
classroom activities.
It is also usually the best way of covering all the lexical areas and grammar
points in the course book or syllabus. All good and well. The problem is that PPP
serves the teacher’s needs but it is debatable whether or not it fulfills the needs of
the learner.
The language presented and practiced does not take into account the
particular needs of each learner; the language content is almost always dictated by
the coursebook and/or syllabus. For this reason, many teachers, having
experimented with the PPP approach turn to more learner-centred approaches
where the needs of the learner are central to the lesson content. Two such
approaches are TBL (Task-Based Learning) and PBL (Project-Based Learning).