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games or discuss solutions to the environment crisis, he
has to be sure that his task include techniques designed to

help students to perceive and use the building.

2) Techniques should be intrinsically motivating. What happens
in the field, often students do not know or understand why

their teacher asks them to do certain activities. They merely
do whatever their teacher asks them to without knowing the

benefits they can get from the activities they have done.
Consequently, many students become passive and

unmotivated. Good teachers should motivate students by

helping them to see how the activities will benefit them.
3) Techniques should encourage the use of authentic

language in meaningful context. It is stated that it is not easy
to keep coming up with meaningful interaction. The teacher

succumbs to the temptation to do, says, disconnected little
grammar exercises where he goes around the room calling

on student one by one to pick the right answer. It takes

energy and creativity to device authentic context and
meaningful interaction, but with the help of quite a store

house of teacher resource material, it can be done, even

drills can be structured to provide a sense of authenticity.
4) Techniques should provide appropriate feedback and

correction. In this case, in most EFL situation students are
totally dependent on the teacher for useful linguistic

feedback. It is important to take advantage of teacher’s

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