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Language Teaching Methods
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Learning cannot lead to acquisition; learning- a conscious process; acquisition- a natural - subconscious process
Material Roles: Community Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
Learner Roles: Direct Method
2. Dialogues & drills; repetition & memorization pattern practice
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
Activity Types: Audiolingual
Learner Roles: Suggestopedia
Syllabus: Silent Way
3. Read and write; no control over content; memorize; answer-usually written
Learner Roles: Grammar Translation
Theory of Language: Grammar Translation
Theory of Learning: Silent Way
Materials Roles: Situational Language Learning
4. No textbook; materials developed as course progresses
Materials Roles: Direct Method
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Material Roles: Community Language Learning
Material Roles: Grammar Translation
5. Leaning L2 and L1 different; L2 learning is intellectual; feel music of language; silent awareness - then active trial
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Silent Way
Syllabus: Suggestopedia
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
6. Use language meaningful to promote learning; activities involving real communication
Learner Roles: Direct Method
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
Theory of Learning: Communicative
Activity Types: Audiolingual
7. Produce learners who can communicate orally - intelligibly uninhibitedly with native speakers
Objectives: Grammar Translation
Syllabus: Communicative
Objectives: Total Physical Response
Objectives: Communicative
8. Ten-unit courses consisting of 1 -200 word dialogues - graded by vocab and grammar
Activity Types: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Suggestopedia
Materials Roles: Direct Method
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
9. Translation and memorization - learn about L2 by translating L2 to L1 and vice versa and by learning vocab and grammar of L2
Material Roles: Grammar Translation
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
10. Maintain passive state; allow materials to work on them
Materials Roles: Silent Way
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
Learner Roles: Suggestopedia
Theory of Learning: Situational Language Learning
11. Based on structure- grammar and vocab; items introduced by grammatical complexity
Learner Roles: Total Physical Response
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
Syllabus: Silent Way
Theory of Language: Natural Approach
12. Central & active teacher centered method; provides model - controls direction & pace
Activities: Silent Way
Learner Roles: Suggestopedia
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
13. Imperative drills to elicit physical actions
Teacher Roles: Silent Way
Activities: Total Physical Response
Material Roles: Communcative
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
14. Language is a rule governed system - hierarchically arranged
Activities: Silent Way
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
Activity Types: Communicative
15. Control of structures of sound; form & order; mastery over symbols of L2; native speaker mastery
Objectives: Audiolingual
Theory of Learning: Community Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Suggestopedia
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
16. Learning occurs through suggestion - when learners are in deeply relaxed state; baroque music used to induce state
Materials Roles: Situational Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
Theory of Learning: Suggestopedia
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
17. Memorization and habit forming
Activities: Total Physical Response
Theory of Language: Silent Way
Theory of Learning: Situational Language Learning
Learner Roles: Silent Way
18. Authentic & task based materials to promote communication
Syllabus: Communicative
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
Material Roles: Communcative
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
19. Innovative and conventional; translation - group work - recording - transcription - free conversation
Teacher Roles: Communicative
Activity Types: Community Language Learning
Material Roles: Community Language Learning
Theory of Language: Natural Approach
20. Leaning involves whole person; social process of growth
Syllabus: Audiolingual
Activity types: Grammar Translation
Theory of Learning: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Natural Approach
21. Must teach - test - get out of way; remain impassive; resist temptation to model - assist - direct - or exhort
Materials Roles: Silent Way
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual
Teacher Roles: Silent Way
Objectives: Community Language Learning
22. Listen and repeat; respond to questions and commands; no control over content; make own statements questions later
Theory of Learning: Audiolingual
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Community Language Learning
23. Use L2 exclusively; inductive grammar; much speaking - T to Ss and Ss to Ss; dictation
Theory of Language: Grammar Translation
Teacher Roles: Suggestopedia
Activity Types: Direct Method
Theory of Learning: Total Physical Response
24. Based on situations and topics - not usually linguistic
Syllabus: Direct Method
Activity Types: Audiolingual
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
25. Student respond to commands - questions - visual cues; encourage and shape oral responses; no grammar explanation or modeling
Theory of Language: Natural Approach
Activities: Silent Way
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
Syllabus: Suggestopedia
26. Main source of comprehensible input; must create positive; low-anxiety climate; lead rich mixture of activities
Material Roles: Communcative
Syllabus: Suggestopedia
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
27. Sentence-based with grammatical and lexical criteria being primary focus on meaning - not form
Objectives: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Direct Method
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
Activities: Silent Way
28. Direct class activities; demonstrate - not explain or translate; give Ss choices to correct selves
Materials Roles: Direct Method
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
29. Teacher oriented; tapes & visuals; language lab often used
Syllabus: Communicative
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
Learner Roles: Silent Way
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
30. Objectives reflect needs of learners; include functional skills & linguistic objectives
Theory of Learning: Situational Language Learning
Objectives: Communicative
Teacher Roles: Communicative
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
31. Learners are directed by skilled training techniques to produce correct response
Activity Types: Direct Method
Theory of Language: Silent Way
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
Syllabus: Suggestopedia
32. Each language has unique rhythm and spirit; core structure and functional vocab are keys to spirit
Theory of Language: Silent Way
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
Activities: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
33. Conventional - but memorization of whole meaningful text is recommended
Objectives: Communicative
Theory of Language: Suggestopedia
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
34. Information sharing; negotiation of meaning & interaction
Activity Types: Communicative
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
Theory of Language: Suggestopedia
Theory of Learning: Suggestopedia
35. Listen and perform; little influence over content of learning
Theory of Learning: Communicative
Theory of Language: Natural Approach
Activity Types: Communicative
Learner Roles: Total Physical Response
36. Translation; reading comp; memorization of vocab lists; identify synonyms - antonyms - cognates - deductive application of grammar rules
Objectives: Grammar Translation
Activity types: Grammar Translation
Theory of Learning: Suggestopedia
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
37. Responsible for their own learning' must develop independence - autonomy and responsibility
Learner Roles: Total Physical Response
Syllabus: Audiolingual
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
Learner Roles: Silent Way
38. Counselling and parent analogy; provide safe environment for students to learn and grow
Theory of Language: Suggestopedia
Theory of Learning: Situational Language Learning
Activities: Silent Way
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
39. Authority; has all control; corrects students; assign tasks to be memorized
Activity Types: Communicative
Material Roles: Grammar Translation
Objectives: Direct Method
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
40. Graded syllabus of phonology - morphology & syntax; contrastive analysis
Activities: Natural Approach
Syllabus: Audiolingual
Activity types: Grammar Translation
Activity Types: Audiolingual
41. Language is a set of structures related to situations
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
Materials Roles: Direct Method
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Communicative
42. Literary passages to be translated; vocab and grammar based lessons based on passages
Activity Types: Audiolingual
Theory of Learning: Suggestopedia
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
Activity types: Grammar Translation
43. Act as model in presenting structures; lead drill practice; correct errors; test progress
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
Learner Roles: Communicative
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
44. L2 learning same as L1; comprehension before production; carry out commands and reduction of stress
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
Theory of Learning: Total Physical Response
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual
Activities: Silent Way
45. Literary language is superior to spoken language
Learner Roles: Community Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
Theory of Language: Grammar Translation
Theory of Learning: Situational Language Learning
46. No basic text; initially use voice - gestures and action; later use materials and media
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
Learner Roles: Grammar Translation
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
Theory of Language: Direct Method
47. Texts - tapes - classroom items and music; texts must have force and literary quality
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
Learner Roles: Community Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Communicative
48. Habit formation; skills learned more effectively if oral before written; analogy - not analysis
Activity Types: Direct Method
Theory of Learning: Audiolingual
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Syllabus: Communicative
49. Language is primarily speech; learning language involves culture
Theory of Language: Direct Method
Activities: Natural Approach
Activity Types: Communicative
Materials Roles: Direct Method
50. Learners as negotiator - interactor - giving & receiving information
Theory of Language: Natural Approach
Objectives: Communicative
Learner Roles: Communicative
Syllabus: Grammar Translation