Ch 1 & 2 Methodology in Language Teaching

The best way I could interpret these two chapters into my own words and thoughts is simple: teaching philosophies.

The chapters addressed approaches, methods, techniques, applications, and so forth. As the book says, there is no correct way to teaching, no one method, and that it's a continually changing process. We have to learn about our students first in order to fully develop our ever changing teaching philosophy. Teachers are supposed to be flexible and teaching is in a sense like playdough -- it can be molded so many different ways and still ends up a unique shape. I think it is important that teachers understand that each student is different from the next, that their learning styles vary, and that nothing is ever set in stone and is subject to change.

It's simple -- our teaching philosophies may contain specific principles that we have learned about teaching, but we need to be flexible and open to change.