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Language Teaching Methods

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






2. Dialogues & drills; repetition & memorization pattern practice






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Create situations and present materials to encourage positive reception and retention; exude authority and confidence






11. Conventional - but memorization of whole meaningful text is recommended






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






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






14. Relies on text and visual aids; test is tightly organized - has structurally graded lessons






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






16. Authority; has all control; corrects students; assign tasks to be memorized






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






18. Language is primarily speech; learning language involves culture






19. Language is a rule governed system - hierarchically arranged






20. Answer and ask questions - use L2 and communicate as if in real situations






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






22. No specific objectives; near native mastery is goal






23. Learners are directed by skilled training techniques to produce correct response






24. Language is a set of structures related to situations






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






26. Based on selection of communicative activities and topics derived from learners' needs






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






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






29. Memorization and habit forming






30. Listen and perform; little influence over content of learning






31. Authentic & task based materials to promote communication






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






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






34. Basically structuralist - grammar-based view of language






35. A list of structures and vocab - graded by grammatical complexity






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






37. Must teach - test - get out of way; remain impassive; resist temptation to model - assist - direct - or exhort






38. Act as model in presenting structures; lead drill practice; correct errors; test progress






39. Textbooks; prepared passages and related grammar and vocab exercises






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






41. Ten-unit courses consisting of 1 -200 word dialogues - graded by vocab and grammar






42. Communicate orally and think in L2 - students make direct association between meaning and L2






43. Leaning involves whole person; social process of growth






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






45. Imperative drills to elicit physical actions






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






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






48. Read and write; no control over content; memorize; answer-usually written






49. Literary language is superior to spoken language






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