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Language Teaching Methods

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Instructions:
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1. Active and direct role - 'director' of stage play with students as actors






2. Authentic & task based materials to promote communication






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






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






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






6. Memorization and habit forming






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






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






9. No specific objectives; near native mastery is goal






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






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






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






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






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






15. Literary language is superior to spoken language






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






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






18. Based on situations and topics - not usually linguistic






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






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






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






22. Based on here and now - focus on meaning - not form; must allow for comprehensible input






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






24. Language is primarily speech; learning language involves culture






25. Basically structuralist - grammar-based view of language






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






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






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






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






30. No textbook; materials developed as course progresses






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






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






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






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






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






36. Leaning involves whole person; social process of growth






37. Imperative drills to elicit physical actions






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. Realia rather than textbooks; aim is to promote comprehension and communication






48. Language is a system for expression of meaning; primary function is interaction & communication






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






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