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Language Teaching Methods

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1. Use language meaningful to promote learning; activities involving real communication






2. No specific objectives; near native mastery is goal






3. Active and direct role - 'director' of stage play with students as actors






4. To be able to read literature in L2; translate L2 to L1 and vice versa; achieve proficiency in L2 reading and writing






5. Unique materials' colored rods; coded pronunciation and vocab charts






6. Translation; reading comp; memorization of vocab lists; identify synonyms - antonyms - cognates - deductive application of grammar rules






7. Language involved whole person and culture; educational - developmental - communicative process






8. Sentence-based with grammatical and lexical criteria being primary focus on meaning - not form






9. Main source of comprehensible input; must create positive; low-anxiety climate; lead rich mixture of activities






10. Listen and repeat; respond to questions and commands; no control over content; make own statements questions later






11. Information sharing; negotiation of meaning & interaction






12. Initiatives - question and answer - role play; listening exercises while deeply relaxed






13. Learners as negotiator - interactor - giving & receiving information






14. Imperative drills to elicit physical actions






15. Innovative and conventional; translation - group work - recording - transcription - free conversation






16. Repetition; substitution drills; avoid translation and grammar explanation; students not allowed to make mistakes






17. Direct class activities; demonstrate - not explain or translate; give Ss choices to correct selves






18. Authentic & task based materials to promote communication






19. Based on situations and topics - not usually linguistic






20. Text - plays - dialogues drive T's demonstrations of their meanings; objects (realia) in class






21. Dialogues & drills; repetition & memorization pattern practice






22. Use L2 exclusively; inductive grammar; much speaking - T to Ss and Ss to Ss; dictation






23. Student respond to commands - questions - visual cues; encourage and shape oral responses; no grammar explanation or modeling






24. Literary passages to be translated; vocab and grammar based lessons based on passages






25. Maintain passive state; allow materials to work on them






26. Produce learners who can communicate orally - intelligibly uninhibitedly with native speakers






27. Habit formation; skills learned more effectively if oral before written; analogy - not analysis






28. Acquire vocab by speaking full sentences in L2; communication is purpose of language learning






29. Facilator of communication process; needs analyst - counsellor; process manager






30. Language is primarily speech; learning language involves culture






31. Learning cannot lead to acquisition; learning- a conscious process; acquisition- a natural - subconscious process






32. Objectives reflect needs of learners; include functional skills & linguistic objectives






33. Should try to lose themselves in activities involving meaningful communication






34. Translation and memorization - learn about L2 by translating L2 to L1 and vice versa and by learning vocab and grammar of L2






35. Memorization and habit forming






36. No set syllabus; syllabus comes from learners' intentions and teachers reformulations






37. Language is a set of structures related to situations






38. Responsible for their own learning' must develop independence - autonomy and responsibility






39. Texts - tapes - classroom items and music; texts must have force and literary quality






40. Teacher oriented; tapes & visuals; language lab often used






41. No basic text; initially use voice - gestures and action; later use materials and media






42. Each language has unique rhythm and spirit; core structure and functional vocab are keys to spirit






43. Central & active teacher centered method; provides model - controls direction & pace






44. Control of structures of sound; form & order; mastery over symbols of L2; native speaker mastery






45. Leaning L2 and L1 different; L2 learning is intellectual; feel music of language; silent awareness - then active trial






46. Counselling and parent analogy; provide safe environment for students to learn and grow






47. Based on structure- grammar and vocab; items introduced by grammatical complexity






48. Graded syllabus of phonology - morphology & syntax; contrastive analysis






49. Learning occurs through suggestion - when learners are in deeply relaxed state; baroque music used to induce state






50. L2 learning same as L1; comprehension before production; carry out commands and reduction of stress