This is the orientation we adopt toward the teaching approaches and methods described in this book.In order to understand the fundamental nature of methods in language teaching,however,it is neccessary to conceptualize the notion of approaches and method more systematically.This is the aim of the next chapter,in which we present a model for the description,analysis,and comparison of methods. This model will be used as a farmwork for our subsequent discussions and analyses of paticular language teaching methods and philosophies