Teaching Unplugged !!!

As a result of the communicative language teaching revolution, teaching unplugged philosophy existed .This philosophy, asThornbury suggested, asks us to return to a materials and technology-free classrooms in which dialogues can take place. And this is what Thornbury called teaching ‘Dogme’, which means going back to the roots of teaching methods and include interactive talks between students, and students with their teacher, by working on the learners’ language and using benefits from his errors rather than following a prescribed syllabus or pre-packed materials such as course books.

But from my perspective, teaching totally unplugged, and returning to a material and technology free class rooms won’t be effective in our century where using technology can help and make ideas clearer at some points, and we might use it as a kind of changing from time to time.

However, focusing on technology and leaving the main goal after using it in helping to deliver the knowledge will absolutely kill the interaction and communication in our classrooms; that’s why it should be used as tool when it’s beneficial to the objectives of the lesson; where balance in knowing when to use what; is always needed.