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Language Teaching Methods

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Based on selection of communicative activities and topics derived from learners' needs






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






3. No specific objectives; near native mastery is goal






4. Based on situations and topics - not usually linguistic






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






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






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






8. Basically structuralist - grammar-based view of language






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Language is a rule governed system - hierarchically arranged






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






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






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






19. Imperative drills to elicit physical actions






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Authentic & task based materials to promote communication






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






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






31. No textbook; materials developed as course progresses






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






33. Dialogues & drills; repetition & memorization pattern practice






34. Direct class activities; demonstrate - not explain or translate; give Ss choices to correct selves






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Language is a set of structures related to situations






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






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






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






49. Memorization and habit forming






50. Language is primarily speech; learning language involves culture