Read the following excerpt about methods and approaches in language teaching.

[…] We believe that because approaches and methods have played a central role in the development of our profession, it will continue to be useful for teachers and student teachers to become familiar with the major teaching approaches and methods proposed for second and foreign language teaching. Mainstream approaches and methods draw on a large amount of collective experience and practice from which much can be learned.

RICHARDS, Jack C.; ROGERS, Theodore. Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching, 2nd Edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. p. 250.

According to the authors, approaches and methods