| A | B |
| Grammar Translation | students read aloud finished translations |
| Direct method | no L1 allowed with lots of drilling and correction |
| Situational Language Teaching | language is introduced through realistic situations |
| Audiolingual method | Language is habit-formed speech behaviour |
| Silent Way | Silent teacher with learners working out rules for themselves |
| Community Language Learning | Language learning is a group experience of humanistic counselling techniques |
| Suggestopedia | Music assists relaxed but aware mental state of learners |
| Total Physical Response | Natural method based on responding to commands |
| Natural Approach | Learners are exposed to comprehensible input and focus is on meaning before production |
| Communicative Approach | Learners are involved in trying to convey real meanings to develop communicative competence |
| Task-Based Learning | Learning happens exclusively by carrying out real-life communicative tasks |