Working with Learning Circle partners from around the world help students develop important interpersonal skills. Learning Circles also encourage interactions among teachers providing a very different model of professional development. I had to smile when I read this. This practice is still very much the norm. I certainly consider the modern methods an extension of this very tradition.
Indian music has certain elements that have to be learned through interactive means.
The History of English Teaching Methodology Language teaching has been around for many centuries, and over the centuries, it has changed. Various influences have affected language teaching. Reasons for learning language have been different in different periods. In some eras, languages were mainly taught for the purpose of reading. In others, it was taught mainly to people who needed to use it orally.