Eclectic Method: From Theory to Practice at the Tertiary Level

Twentieth and twenty-first centuries saw number of research on teaching second language to different learners. It tried to answer different issues, which existed in the classroom and persons who handle it with different theories with its specialisation. Since the specialisation of one theory neglected the other theories in textbook preparation and in the teaching process, it paved way for new theories. Hence, the method proposed in the textbook was different from the needs of the learners. In that case, teachers coerced to fulfil the procedures of the method, but not the needs of the students. Such demands forced the teachers and theorists to look for a theory as alternative to all the language issues. One such theory, which gained the attention of the teachers, to answer the multiple issues was eclecticism, which was the combination of different theories in a single domain. This research carried out in a heterogeneous learning environment in a micro level to observe and analyse the relevance and irrelevance of eclectic method in the complex situation.