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Language Teaching Methods

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






2. Language is primarily speech; learning language involves culture






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






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






5. Literary language is superior to spoken language






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






7. Based on situations and topics - not usually linguistic






8. Information sharing; negotiation of meaning & interaction






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






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






11. Language is a set of structures related to situations






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






13. Leaning involves whole person; social process of growth






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Imperative drills to elicit physical actions






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






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






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






28. No specific objectives; near native mastery is goal






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






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






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






32. Memorization and habit forming






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






34. Learners are members of a community; learning not an individual accomplishment - but is achieved collaboratively






35. Basically structuralist - grammar-based view of language






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






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






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






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






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






41. Structures - functions - notions - themes & tasks; order based on learners' needs






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






43. Language is a rule governed system - hierarchically arranged






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






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






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






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






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






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






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