| METHOD |
MAIN GOAL |
MUSIC INVOLVED |
| Grammar-translation method |
To build the ability to read literature in the original language |
NOOnly lyrics of songs to be translated |
| Direct method |
To teach learners to use the language in every-day situations through induction and associations. |
YESSongs for motivating the students |
| Mediating method |
To teach learners to use the language in every-day situations and to simultaneously realize educational goals of the teaching process. |
YESTo get knowledge on the country of the target language. |
| Audio-oral, audio-lingual method |
To train learners through drill exercises in active mastering of the spoken form of the foreign language. |
NOIf yes, then only as a motivating component or memorizing exercises. |
| Communicative method |
To teach learners to use a foreign language effectively in social –communicative situations. The four language skills are equally balanced. |
YESMusic is a motivating and educational component of the teaching process. |
| Suggestopaedia |
To activate both the cerebral hemispheres when using a broad scale of techniques and the impact of the environment. The core of this method is a multi-dimensional learning experience, which requires a high level of the learner´s own responsibility and self-awareness. |
YESMusic evokes a proper relaxation of learners, through which fear, tension and other negative feelings are eliminated. |
| Superlearning |
Similar to suggestopaedia, it uses similar elements, i.e. relaxation, music, creative phantasy, imagination and positive suggestion. It has less strict rules than suggestopaedia, it combines a relaxing type of teaching with traditional procedures applied in foreign language teaching. |
YESThe same as in case of suggestopaedia. Various kinds of music can be used (e.g. meditative). |
