Since the end of the last century, the English as a foreign language (EFL) community seems to have entered a new era: the postmethod era. Despite fierce debate about its rationality and feasibility, the three pedagogical parameters—particularity, practicality, and possibility—have been influential and applied to various teaching contexts. Under the guidance of postmethod pedagogy theory and the acknowledgement of local knowledge, context-sensitive pedagogy has been garnering attention in recent years. This qualitative study used the lens of postmethod pedagogy to explore a veteran teacher’s implementation of Socratic circle in secondary EFL teaching. Related issues, such as the rationale for adopting and adapting the method, the implementation procedures, and its benefits and limitations, are discussed and analysed. The researcher collected data through semistructured interviews with the teacher participant and three student participants, in addition to pertinent documents including reading materials, teaching designs, and students’ assignments. This study provides evidence of benefits of Socratic circle to EFL learning. The adjustments made to the method indicate the dialectical relationship between method and postmethod, rather than interpreting postmethod pedagogy as repackaged. Implications for EFL teacher education, including provision of professional development on a wider scale, are discussed.

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重新审视后方法教学法：在中学 EFL 教学中采用和适应苏格拉底循环

自上世纪末以来，作为外语的英语（EFL）社区似乎进入了一个新时代：后方法时代。尽管对其合理性和可行性存在激烈争论，但三个教学参数——特殊性、实用性和可能性——已经具有影响力并应用于各种教学环境。近年来，在后方法教育学理论的指导下，在本土知识的认可下，情境敏感的教育学备受关注。这项定性研究使用后方法教学法的视角来探索一位资深教师在中学 EFL 教学中实施苏格拉底循环的情况。讨论和分析了相关问题，例如采用和调整该方法的基本原理、实施程序及其优点和局限性。除了阅读材料、教学设计和学生作业等相关文件外，研究人员还通过对教师参与者和三名学生参与者的半结构化访谈收集数据。这项研究提供了苏格拉底循环对 EFL 学习的好处的证据。对方法的调整表明了方法与后方法之间的辩证关系，而不是将后方法教育学解释为重新包装。讨论了对 EFL 教师教育的影响，包括在更广泛的范围内提供专业发展。这项研究提供了苏格拉底循环对 EFL 学习的好处的证据。对方法的调整表明了方法与后方法之间的辩证关系，而不是将后方法教育学解释为重新包装。讨论了对 EFL 教师教育的影响，包括在更广泛的范围内提供专业发展。这项研究提供了苏格拉底循环对 EFL 学习的好处的证据。对方法的调整表明了方法与后方法之间的辩证关系，而不是将后方法教育学解释为重新包装。讨论了对 EFL 教师教育的影响，包括在更广泛的范围内提供专业发展。