Trends and issues in ELT methods and methodology(Ⅱ)

Practice However,to what extent has the practice of ELT methodology followed a similar path over the same period?To attempt to answer this question,as already explained,an analysis was carried out of the main methodological features of two versions of a unit of coursebook teaching material published since 1995,the first appearing near the beginning of the period,and the second towards the end.The coursebook editions in question were the 1996 and 2009 versions of Headway Intermediate(Soars and Soars 1996,2009).This coursebook was chosen because it is widely used and influential,and the intermediate level from it on the grounds that this is the one attained by most EFL learners.