Postmethod Condition and Its Implications for English Language Teacher Education

Postmethod condition refers to the qualities of the contemporary era in Englishlanguage teaching in which previously well trusted methods are put under seriousscrutiny and in which a body of methods and techniques collected from all previousmethods and approaches are used pragmatically with a belief that such an eclecticpractice leads to success. Such practices, under the postmethod condition, are inconstant influx, bringing continuous changes in both pre-service and in-serviceprofessional development programs. The aim of this paper, thus, is to discuss therelationship between this postmethod condition and a variety of English languageteacher education practices situated in Turkey.