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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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1. Leaning involves whole person; social process of growth
Activities: Total Physical Response
Materials Roles: Silent Way
Theory of Learning: Community Language Learning
Objectives: Audiolingual
2. Basically structuralist - grammar-based view of language
Objectives: Direct Method
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
Syllabus: Silent Way
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
3. Repetition; substitution drills; avoid translation and grammar explanation; students not allowed to make mistakes
Theory of Learning: Total Physical Response
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
Activities: Situational Language Learning
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
4. No set syllabus; syllabus comes from learners' intentions and teachers reformulations
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
Material Roles: Communcative
Objectives: Grammar Translation
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
5. Direct class activities; demonstrate - not explain or translate; give Ss choices to correct selves
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
Activity Types: Audiolingual
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
6. Unique materials' colored rods; coded pronunciation and vocab charts
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
Theory of Language: Silent Way
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
Materials Roles: Silent Way
7. Based on here and now - focus on meaning - not form; must allow for comprehensible input
Theory of Learning: Situational Language Learning
Activities: Natural Approach
Theory of Language: Direct Method
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
8. Conventional - but memorization of whole meaningful text is recommended
Theory of Language: Direct Method
Theory of Language: Suggestopedia
Activities: Suggestopedia
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
9. Based on situations and topics - not usually linguistic
Objectives: Direct Method
Theory of Language: Silent Way
Theory of Learning: Silent Way
Syllabus: Direct Method
10. Ten-unit courses consisting of 1 -200 word dialogues - graded by vocab and grammar
Syllabus: Suggestopedia
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
Material Roles: Grammar Translation
Theory of Language: Direct Method
11. Active and direct role - 'director' of stage play with students as actors
Theory of Language: Grammar Translation
Activity Types: Community Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Total Physical Response
Theory of Language: Suggestopedia
12. Text - plays - dialogues drive T's demonstrations of their meanings; objects (realia) in class
Objectives: Community Language Learning
Material Roles: Community Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Suggestopedia
Materials Roles: Direct Method
13. Each language has unique rhythm and spirit; core structure and functional vocab are keys to spirit
Material Roles: Grammar Translation
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
Theory of Language: Silent Way
Activity types: Grammar Translation
14. Memorization and habit forming
Syllabus: Audiolingual
Theory of Language: Grammar Translation
Learner Roles: Communicative
Theory of Learning: Situational Language Learning
15. Translation; reading comp; memorization of vocab lists; identify synonyms - antonyms - cognates - deductive application of grammar rules
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Silent Way
Activity types: Grammar Translation
Objectives: Grammar Translation
16. Learners as negotiator - interactor - giving & receiving information
Learner Roles: Communicative
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual
Materials Roles: Silent Way
Syllabus: Communicative
17. Innovative and conventional; translation - group work - recording - transcription - free conversation
Objectives: Communicative
Activity Types: Direct Method
Activity Types: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Communicative
18. Authentic & task based materials to promote communication
Objectives: Audiolingual
Material Roles: Communcative
Theory of Language: Direct Method
Learner Roles: Suggestopedia
19. Language is a rule governed system - hierarchically arranged
Teacher Roles: Suggestopedia
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Language: Silent Way
20. Main source of comprehensible input; must create positive; low-anxiety climate; lead rich mixture of activities
Teacher Roles: Total Physical Response
Theory of Language: Suggestopedia
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
21. No basic text; initially use voice - gestures and action; later use materials and media
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
Learner Roles: Suggestopedia
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
Activities: Total Physical Response
22. Habit formation; skills learned more effectively if oral before written; analogy - not analysis
Activities: Total Physical Response
Teacher Roles: Communicative
Objectives: Grammar Translation
Theory of Learning: Audiolingual
23. Based on selection of communicative activities and topics derived from learners' needs
Activities: Silent Way
Materials Roles: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Situational Language Learning
Syllabus: Natural Approach
24. Leaning L2 and L1 different; L2 learning is intellectual; feel music of language; silent awareness - then active trial
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Silent Way
Activity Types: Audiolingual
25. Literary language is superior to spoken language
Activities: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Language: Grammar Translation
Objectives: Direct Method
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
26. Objectives reflect needs of learners; include functional skills & linguistic objectives
Syllabus: Audiolingual
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
Objectives: Communicative
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
27. Should try to lose themselves in activities involving meaningful communication
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
Material Roles: Communcative
28. No specific objectives; near native mastery is goal
Teacher Roles: Total Physical Response
Objectives: Community Language Learning
Objectives: Grammar Translation
Syllabus: Silent Way
29. Listen and repeat; respond to questions and commands; no control over content; make own statements questions later
Activity Types: Community Language Learning
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
30. To be able to read literature in L2; translate L2 to L1 and vice versa; achieve proficiency in L2 reading and writing
Teacher Roles: Suggestopedia
Syllabus: Situational Language Learning
Objectives: Grammar Translation
Materials Roles: Direct Method
31. Information sharing; negotiation of meaning & interaction
Theory of Language: Grammar Translation
Objectives: Total Physical Response
Activity Types: Communicative
Learner Roles: Suggestopedia
32. Teacher oriented; tapes & visuals; language lab often used
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
Syllabus: Communicative
33. Translation and memorization - learn about L2 by translating L2 to L1 and vice versa and by learning vocab and grammar of L2
Materials Roles: Situational Language Learning
Syllabus: Audiolingual
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
34. Language is a set of structures related to situations
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
Theory of Learning: Suggestopedia
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
35. Imperative drills to elicit physical actions
Materials Roles: Situational Language Learning
Activities: Situational Language Learning
Activity Types: Direct Method
Activities: Total Physical Response
36. Responsible for their own learning' must develop independence - autonomy and responsibility
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
Learner Roles: Grammar Translation
Activities: Silent Way
Learner Roles: Silent Way
37. Language involved whole person and culture; educational - developmental - communicative process
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
Activities: Situational Language Learning
Activities: Natural Approach
38. Facilator of communication process; needs analyst - counsellor; process manager
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
Theory of Language: Silent Way
Materials Roles: Silent Way
Teacher Roles: Communicative
39. Maintain passive state; allow materials to work on them
Learner Roles: Suggestopedia
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
Syllabus: Silent Way
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
40. A list of structures and vocab - graded by grammatical complexity
Activity types: Grammar Translation
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
Theory of Learning: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Situational Language Learning
41. Listen and perform; little influence over content of learning
Learner Roles: Total Physical Response
Learner Roles: Communicative
Teacher Roles: Communicative
Syllabus: Direct Method
42. Learners are directed by skilled training techniques to produce correct response
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
Objectives: Direct Method
Learner Roles: Total Physical Response
43. Use L2 exclusively; inductive grammar; much speaking - T to Ss and Ss to Ss; dictation
Activity Types: Direct Method
Activity types: Grammar Translation
Theory of Learning: Communicative
Material Roles: Community Language Learning
44. L2 learning same as L1; comprehension before production; carry out commands and reduction of stress
Activities: Silent Way
Theory of Learning: Total Physical Response
Activities: Situational Language Learning
Learner Roles: Grammar Translation
45. Produce learners who can communicate orally - intelligibly uninhibitedly with native speakers
Objectives: Total Physical Response
Learner Roles: Total Physical Response
Learner Roles: Direct Method
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
46. Communicate orally and think in L2 - students make direct association between meaning and L2
Objectives: Direct Method
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Direct Method
47. Language is primarily speech; learning language involves culture
Materials Roles: Direct Method
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
Theory of Language: Direct Method
Objectives: Direct Method
48. Literary passages to be translated; vocab and grammar based lessons based on passages
Material Roles: Grammar Translation
Theory of Learning: Community Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Silent Way
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
49. Graded syllabus of phonology - morphology & syntax; contrastive analysis
Syllabus: Audiolingual
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
Theory of Language: Natural Approach
Activity Types: Community Language Learning
50. Acquire vocab by speaking full sentences in L2; communication is purpose of language learning
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual