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Language Teaching Methods

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






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






3. Leaning involves whole person; social process of growth






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






5. Imperative drills to elicit physical actions






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Authentic & task based materials to promote communication






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






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






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






16. Based on situations and topics - not usually linguistic






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






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






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






20. Dialogues & drills; repetition & memorization pattern practice






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






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






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






24. Language involved whole person and culture; educational - developmental - communicative process






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






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






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






28. Language is a set of structures related to situations






29. No specific objectives; near native mastery is goal






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






31. No textbook; materials developed as course progresses






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






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






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






35. Language is primarily speech; learning language involves culture






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Memorization and habit forming






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






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






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






47. A list of structures and vocab - graded by grammatical complexity






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






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






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