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Language Teaching Methods
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Literary language is superior to spoken language
Objectives: Communicative
Activities: Total Physical Response
Theory of Language: Grammar Translation
Syllabus: Suggestopedia
2. Leaning L2 and L1 different; L2 learning is intellectual; feel music of language; silent awareness - then active trial
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
Theory of Language: Grammar Translation
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
Theory of Learning: Silent Way
3. Create situations and present materials to encourage positive reception and retention; exude authority and confidence
Theory of Learning: Audiolingual
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
Activity types: Grammar Translation
Teacher Roles: Suggestopedia
4. Produce learners who can communicate orally - intelligibly uninhibitedly with native speakers
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
Objectives: Total Physical Response
5. Read and write; no control over content; memorize; answer-usually written
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
Learner Roles: Grammar Translation
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
Learner Roles: Communicative
6. Language is a system for expression of meaning; primary function is interaction & communication
Teacher Roles: Silent Way
Theory of language: Communicative
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
Activities: Total Physical Response
7. Should try to lose themselves in activities involving meaningful communication
Objectives: Total Physical Response
Materials Roles: Silent Way
Activity Types: Direct Method
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
8. Memorization and habit forming
Objectives: Communicative
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Situational Language Learning
9. Language involved whole person and culture; educational - developmental - communicative process
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
Materials Roles: Situational Language Learning
Learner Roles: Communicative
Activity types: Grammar Translation
10. Maintain passive state; allow materials to work on them
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
Activity types: Grammar Translation
Learner Roles: Suggestopedia
11. Must teach - test - get out of way; remain impassive; resist temptation to model - assist - direct - or exhort
Teacher Roles: Silent Way
Objectives: Grammar Translation
Materials Roles: Silent Way
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
12. Use language meaningful to promote learning; activities involving real communication
Theory of Learning: Communicative
Syllabus: Situational Language Learning
Syllabus: Communicative
Learner Roles: Community Language Learning
13. Sentence-based with grammatical and lexical criteria being primary focus on meaning - not form
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
Objectives: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
Teacher Roles: Communicative
14. No specific objectives; near native mastery is goal
Objectives: Community Language Learning
Activities: Silent Way
Materials Roles: Direct Method
Theory of Learning: Communicative
15. Student respond to commands - questions - visual cues; encourage and shape oral responses; no grammar explanation or modeling
Activities: Silent Way
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
Learner Roles: Communicative
16. Authentic & task based materials to promote communication
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Activities: Situational Language Learning
Material Roles: Communcative
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
17. No set syllabus; syllabus comes from learners' intentions and teachers reformulations
Syllabus: Suggestopedia
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
Objectives: Total Physical Response
18. Textbooks; prepared passages and related grammar and vocab exercises
Material Roles: Grammar Translation
Activities: Silent Way
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
19. Repetition; substitution drills; avoid translation and grammar explanation; students not allowed to make mistakes
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
Activities: Situational Language Learning
Activities: Silent Way
Activity Types: Communicative
20. Information sharing; negotiation of meaning & interaction
Teacher Roles: Total Physical Response
Activity Types: Communicative
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
21. To be able to read literature in L2; translate L2 to L1 and vice versa; achieve proficiency in L2 reading and writing
Objectives: Grammar Translation
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
Learner Roles: Community Language Learning
22. Dialogues & drills; repetition & memorization pattern practice
Theory of Language: Direct Method
Activities: Silent Way
Teacher Roles: Silent Way
Activity Types: Audiolingual
23. Conventional - but memorization of whole meaningful text is recommended
Activities: Silent Way
Learner Roles: Grammar Translation
Theory of language: Communicative
Theory of Language: Suggestopedia
24. Learners are directed by skilled training techniques to produce correct response
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
Theory of Language: Grammar Translation
Theory of Language: Silent Way
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
25. Language is primarily speech; learning language involves culture
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
Theory of Language: Direct Method
Learner Roles: Suggestopedia
Syllabus: Direct Method
26. Language is a rule governed system - hierarchically arranged
Material Roles: Grammar Translation
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
Learner Roles: Total Physical Response
Theory of language: Communicative
27. Main source of comprehensible input; must create positive; low-anxiety climate; lead rich mixture of activities
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
Syllabus: Communicative
Activity Types: Communicative
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
28. No textbook; materials developed as course progresses
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
Material Roles: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Communicative
29. Teacher oriented; tapes & visuals; language lab often used
Theory of Learning: Communicative
Theory of Language: Silent Way
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
30. Communicate orally and think in L2 - students make direct association between meaning and L2
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
Objectives: Direct Method
Learner Roles: Communicative
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
31. Answer and ask questions - use L2 and communicate as if in real situations
Syllabus: Silent Way
Activities: Silent Way
Learner Roles: Direct Method
Material Roles: Community Language Learning
32. Objectives reflect needs of learners; include functional skills & linguistic objectives
Activity Types: Audiolingual
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
Objectives: Direct Method
Objectives: Communicative
33. Act as model in presenting structures; lead drill practice; correct errors; test progress
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
Syllabus: Audiolingual
Teacher Roles: Silent Way
34. Authority; has all control; corrects students; assign tasks to be memorized
Activity Types: Community Language Learning
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
Teacher Roles: Silent Way
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
35. Acquire vocab by speaking full sentences in L2; communication is purpose of language learning
Theory of Learning: Communicative
Teacher Roles: Silent Way
Activity Types: Audiolingual
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
36. Learners are members of a community; learning not an individual accomplishment - but is achieved collaboratively
Learner Roles: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
Activity Types: Communicative
37. Each language has unique rhythm and spirit; core structure and functional vocab are keys to spirit
Syllabus: Silent Way
Theory of Language: Silent Way
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
Learner Roles: Suggestopedia
38. Based on selection of communicative activities and topics derived from learners' needs
Learner Roles: Communicative
Theory of Learning: Situational Language Learning
Syllabus: Communicative
Syllabus: Natural Approach
39. L2 learning same as L1; comprehension before production; carry out commands and reduction of stress
Theory of Learning: Total Physical Response
Material Roles: Community Language Learning
Theory of Language: Natural Approach
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
40. Use L2 exclusively; inductive grammar; much speaking - T to Ss and Ss to Ss; dictation
Activity Types: Direct Method
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
Objectives: Community Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Suggestopedia
41. Listen and repeat; respond to questions and commands; no control over content; make own statements questions later
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Language: Direct Method
Syllabus: Communicative
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
42. No basic text; initially use voice - gestures and action; later use materials and media
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
Material Roles: Communcative
43. Responsible for their own learning' must develop independence - autonomy and responsibility
Learner Roles: Silent Way
Learner Roles: Suggestopedia
Syllabus: Communicative
Objectives: Communicative
44. Literary passages to be translated; vocab and grammar based lessons based on passages
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
45. Learning occurs through suggestion - when learners are in deeply relaxed state; baroque music used to induce state
Objectives: Community Language Learning
Theory of Language: Direct Method
Theory of Learning: Suggestopedia
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
46. Active and direct role - 'director' of stage play with students as actors
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
Materials Roles: Silent Way
Syllabus: Direct Method
Teacher Roles: Total Physical Response
47. Counselling and parent analogy; provide safe environment for students to learn and grow
Activity Types: Audiolingual
Learner Roles: Silent Way
Objectives: Communicative
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
48. A list of structures and vocab - graded by grammatical complexity
Syllabus: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Total Physical Response
Activity Types: Direct Method
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
49. Imperative drills to elicit physical actions
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
Activities: Total Physical Response
Objectives: Communicative
50. Learning cannot lead to acquisition; learning- a conscious process; acquisition- a natural - subconscious process
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation