Last Saturday April 17th we had a course from Cambridge University Press given by Patricia Quintana, this course was related to some existing teaching methods and approaches, we tackle some of them really quick:
Grammar-Translation Approach
Direct Approach
Reading Approach
Audiolingual Method
Community Language Learning
The Silent Way
Communicative Approach--Functional-Notional
Total Physical Response
If you want to find more about them, go to this link (very basic explanation):
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/people/jmora/almmethods.htm