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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. Each language has unique rhythm and spirit; core structure and functional vocab are keys to spirit
Theory of Language: Silent Way
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Suggestopedia
Activity Types: Communicative
2. Acquire vocab by speaking full sentences in L2; communication is purpose of language learning
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
Theory of Learning: Suggestopedia
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
Learner Roles: Direct Method
3. Use L2 exclusively; inductive grammar; much speaking - T to Ss and Ss to Ss; dictation
Activity Types: Direct Method
Theory of Language: Natural Approach
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
4. Create situations and present materials to encourage positive reception and retention; exude authority and confidence
Theory of Learning: Silent Way
Theory of Learning: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Teacher Roles: Suggestopedia
5. Initiatives - question and answer - role play; listening exercises while deeply relaxed
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
Activities: Suggestopedia
Learner Roles: Community Language Learning
Materials Roles: Situational Language Learning
6. Counselling and parent analogy; provide safe environment for students to learn and grow
Materials Roles: Situational Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
Theory of Language: Grammar Translation
Theory of Language: Silent Way
7. Must teach - test - get out of way; remain impassive; resist temptation to model - assist - direct - or exhort
Teacher Roles: Silent Way
Learner Roles: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Suggestopedia
Theory of Learning: Suggestopedia
8. Use language meaningful to promote learning; activities involving real communication
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
Objectives: Direct Method
Theory of Learning: Communicative
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
9. Literary language is superior to spoken language
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Language: Grammar Translation
Activity types: Grammar Translation
Activities: Natural Approach
10. Relies on text and visual aids; test is tightly organized - has structurally graded lessons
Theory of Language: Natural Approach
Materials Roles: Situational Language Learning
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
11. Habit formation; skills learned more effectively if oral before written; analogy - not analysis
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Syllabus: Situational Language Learning
Materials Roles: Direct Method
Theory of Learning: Audiolingual
12. Learning occurs through suggestion - when learners are in deeply relaxed state; baroque music used to induce state
Theory of Learning: Suggestopedia
Learner Roles: Community Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
Objectives: Audiolingual
13. Language is a system for expression of meaning; primary function is interaction & communication
Theory of Language: Natural Approach
Activity types: Grammar Translation
Theory of language: Communicative
Learner Roles: Grammar Translation
14. Objectives reflect needs of learners; include functional skills & linguistic objectives
Materials Roles: Silent Way
Objectives: Communicative
Learner Roles: Silent Way
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
15. Learners are directed by skilled training techniques to produce correct response
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
Learner Roles: Suggestopedia
Activity Types: Audiolingual
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
16. Learners are members of a community; learning not an individual accomplishment - but is achieved collaboratively
Objectives: Direct Method
Objectives: Total Physical Response
Learner Roles: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Audiolingual
17. Language involved whole person and culture; educational - developmental - communicative process
Activity Types: Communicative
Objectives: Grammar Translation
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
18. Authentic & task based materials to promote communication
Material Roles: Communcative
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
Teacher Roles: Communicative
Materials Roles: Direct Method
19. Student respond to commands - questions - visual cues; encourage and shape oral responses; no grammar explanation or modeling
Activities: Silent Way
Activity types: Grammar Translation
Syllabus: Direct Method
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
20. Teacher oriented; tapes & visuals; language lab often used
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Material Roles: Communcative
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
Materials Roles: Situational Language Learning
21. Based on structure- grammar and vocab; items introduced by grammatical complexity
Teacher Roles: Communicative
Learner Roles: Direct Method
Theory of Learning: Suggestopedia
Syllabus: Silent Way
22. Based on selection of communicative activities and topics derived from learners' needs
Learner Roles: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
Learner Roles: Grammar Translation
23. Ten-unit courses consisting of 1 -200 word dialogues - graded by vocab and grammar
Learner Roles: Silent Way
Syllabus: Suggestopedia
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
Material Roles: Grammar Translation
24. Facilator of communication process; needs analyst - counsellor; process manager
Activity Types: Direct Method
Teacher Roles: Communicative
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
Teacher Roles: Silent Way
25. Authority; has all control; corrects students; assign tasks to be memorized
Objectives: Communicative
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
Learner Roles: Total Physical Response
26. To be able to read literature in L2; translate L2 to L1 and vice versa; achieve proficiency in L2 reading and writing
Objectives: Communicative
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
Objectives: Grammar Translation
Learner Roles: Direct Method
27. Language is a rule governed system - hierarchically arranged
Materials Roles: Direct Method
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
Syllabus: Audiolingual
28. Act as model in presenting structures; lead drill practice; correct errors; test progress
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
Objectives: Audiolingual
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
29. Leaning involves whole person; social process of growth
Theory of Learning: Community Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Total Physical Response
Activity Types: Direct Method
Material Roles: Community Language Learning
30. Communicate orally and think in L2 - students make direct association between meaning and L2
Material Roles: Community Language Learning
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
Objectives: Direct Method
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual
31. Information sharing; negotiation of meaning & interaction
Activity Types: Communicative
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
Theory of language: Communicative
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
32. A list of structures and vocab - graded by grammatical complexity
Activities: Silent Way
Activity Types: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Situational Language Learning
Activities: Total Physical Response
33. Structures - functions - notions - themes & tasks; order based on learners' needs
Syllabus: Communicative
Activities: Silent Way
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
Theory of Learning: Situational Language Learning
34. Answer and ask questions - use L2 and communicate as if in real situations
Objectives: Audiolingual
Learner Roles: Direct Method
Objectives: Total Physical Response
Theory of Language: Suggestopedia
35. Responsible for their own learning' must develop independence - autonomy and responsibility
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
Learner Roles: Silent Way
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
36. Listen and repeat; respond to questions and commands; no control over content; make own statements questions later
Syllabus: Situational Language Learning
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
Material Roles: Community Language Learning
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
37. Conventional - but memorization of whole meaningful text is recommended
Syllabus: Direct Method
Theory of Language: Suggestopedia
Theory of Language: Grammar Translation
Syllabus: Natural Approach
38. L2 learning same as L1; comprehension before production; carry out commands and reduction of stress
Theory of Learning: Total Physical Response
Activity types: Grammar Translation
Theory of Language: Grammar Translation
Theory of Learning: Community Language Learning
39. Realia rather than textbooks; aim is to promote comprehension and communication
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
Material Roles: Grammar Translation
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
Theory of Learning: Suggestopedia
40. Texts - tapes - classroom items and music; texts must have force and literary quality
Objectives: Audiolingual
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
41. Leaning L2 and L1 different; L2 learning is intellectual; feel music of language; silent awareness - then active trial
Material Roles: Communcative
Activities: Situational Language Learning
Learner Roles: Direct Method
Theory of Learning: Silent Way
42. Language is a set of structures related to situations
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
Objectives: Total Physical Response
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
43. Essence of language is meaning; vocab not grammar is heart of the language
Activity types: Grammar Translation
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
Theory of Language: Natural Approach
Objectives: Communicative
44. Translation and memorization - learn about L2 by translating L2 to L1 and vice versa and by learning vocab and grammar of L2
Theory of Learning: Communicative
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
Theory of Learning: Audiolingual
45. Listen and perform; little influence over content of learning
Learner Roles: Total Physical Response
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
Learner Roles: Grammar Translation
Objectives: Community Language Learning
46. Active and direct role - 'director' of stage play with students as actors
Activities: Silent Way
Materials Roles: Direct Method
Activity Types: Direct Method
Teacher Roles: Total Physical Response
47. Translation; reading comp; memorization of vocab lists; identify synonyms - antonyms - cognates - deductive application of grammar rules
Theory of Language: Suggestopedia
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
Activity types: Grammar Translation
Materials Roles: Situational Language Learning
48. Innovative and conventional; translation - group work - recording - transcription - free conversation
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual
Activity Types: Community Language Learning
Learner Roles: Communicative
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
49. Learning cannot lead to acquisition; learning- a conscious process; acquisition- a natural - subconscious process
Theory of Language: Direct Method
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
50. Dialogues & drills; repetition & memorization pattern practice
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual
Activity Types: Audiolingual
Material Roles: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Audiolingual