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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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1. Active and direct role - 'director' of stage play with students as actors
Learner Roles: Total Physical Response
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
Teacher Roles: Total Physical Response
2. Based on selection of communicative activities and topics derived from learners' needs
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Learner Roles: Total Physical Response
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
Objectives: Communicative
3. Learning cannot lead to acquisition; learning- a conscious process; acquisition- a natural - subconscious process
Activity Types: Audiolingual
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
Learner Roles: Direct Method
4. Translation; reading comp; memorization of vocab lists; identify synonyms - antonyms - cognates - deductive application of grammar rules
Syllabus: Communicative
Material Roles: Grammar Translation
Theory of Language: Direct Method
Activity types: Grammar Translation
5. Create situations and present materials to encourage positive reception and retention; exude authority and confidence
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
Teacher Roles: Suggestopedia
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
Materials Roles: Direct Method
6. Act as model in presenting structures; lead drill practice; correct errors; test progress
Syllabus: Silent Way
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
Activity Types: Communicative
7. Translation and memorization - learn about L2 by translating L2 to L1 and vice versa and by learning vocab and grammar of L2
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
Teacher Roles: Silent Way
8. Conventional - but memorization of whole meaningful text is recommended
Activity Types: Direct Method
Theory of Learning: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Language: Suggestopedia
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
9. Graded syllabus of phonology - morphology & syntax; contrastive analysis
Syllabus: Audiolingual
Materials Roles: Silent Way
Theory of Learning: Community Language Learning
Learner Roles: Communicative
10. Listen and perform; little influence over content of learning
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Learner Roles: Total Physical Response
Materials Roles: Situational Language Learning
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
11. Objectives reflect needs of learners; include functional skills & linguistic objectives
Teacher Roles: Silent Way
Materials Roles: Direct Method
Objectives: Communicative
Theory of Learning: Situational Language Learning
12. No textbook; materials developed as course progresses
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
Theory of Learning: Silent Way
Material Roles: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Suggestopedia
13. A list of structures and vocab - graded by grammatical complexity
Objectives: Grammar Translation
Syllabus: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
Teacher Roles: Total Physical Response
14. Initiatives - question and answer - role play; listening exercises while deeply relaxed
Activities: Suggestopedia
Learner Roles: Suggestopedia
Theory of Learning: Community Language Learning
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
15. Essence of language is meaning; vocab not grammar is heart of the language
Theory of Language: Natural Approach
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
16. Ten-unit courses consisting of 1 -200 word dialogues - graded by vocab and grammar
Objectives: Total Physical Response
Activities: Natural Approach
Syllabus: Suggestopedia
Materials Roles: Direct Method
17. Communicate orally and think in L2 - students make direct association between meaning and L2
Objectives: Direct Method
Learner Roles: Suggestopedia
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
18. Authority; has all control; corrects students; assign tasks to be memorized
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
Theory of Language: Suggestopedia
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
19. Learners as negotiator - interactor - giving & receiving information
Learner Roles: Grammar Translation
Materials Roles: Silent Way
Activity Types: Direct Method
Learner Roles: Communicative
20. Language is a rule governed system - hierarchically arranged
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual
Theory of Learning: Silent Way
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
Syllabus: Silent Way
21. Control of structures of sound; form & order; mastery over symbols of L2; native speaker mastery
Theory of Language: Silent Way
Objectives: Communicative
Objectives: Total Physical Response
Objectives: Audiolingual
22. Main source of comprehensible input; must create positive; low-anxiety climate; lead rich mixture of activities
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Total Physical Response
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
23. Answer and ask questions - use L2 and communicate as if in real situations
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
Material Roles: Communcative
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
Learner Roles: Direct Method
24. Texts - tapes - classroom items and music; texts must have force and literary quality
Material Roles: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Direct Method
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
25. Produce learners who can communicate orally - intelligibly uninhibitedly with native speakers
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
Objectives: Total Physical Response
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
Material Roles: Grammar Translation
26. Teacher oriented; tapes & visuals; language lab often used
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
27. Information sharing; negotiation of meaning & interaction
Objectives: Direct Method
Learner Roles: Total Physical Response
Syllabus: Suggestopedia
Activity Types: Communicative
28. Must teach - test - get out of way; remain impassive; resist temptation to model - assist - direct - or exhort
Teacher Roles: Silent Way
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
Teacher Roles: Suggestopedia
Activities: Natural Approach
29. Each language has unique rhythm and spirit; core structure and functional vocab are keys to spirit
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Communicative
Material Roles: Communcative
Theory of Language: Silent Way
30. Language is a system for expression of meaning; primary function is interaction & communication
Theory of Language: Suggestopedia
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
Theory of language: Communicative
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
31. Sentence-based with grammatical and lexical criteria being primary focus on meaning - not form
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
Syllabus: Communicative
Theory of Learning: Community Language Learning
32. Learners are directed by skilled training techniques to produce correct response
Learner Roles: Community Language Learning
Activities: Silent Way
Learner Roles: Communicative
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
33. Based on situations and topics - not usually linguistic
Syllabus: Direct Method
Teacher Roles: Communicative
Theory of Learning: Total Physical Response
Materials Roles: Direct Method
34. Basically structuralist - grammar-based view of language
Theory of Language: Silent Way
Theory of Language: Direct Method
Theory of Learning: Communicative
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
35. Read and write; no control over content; memorize; answer-usually written
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
Learner Roles: Grammar Translation
Material Roles: Communcative
36. Unique materials' colored rods; coded pronunciation and vocab charts
Objectives: Total Physical Response
Materials Roles: Silent Way
Learner Roles: Community Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
37. Listen and repeat; respond to questions and commands; no control over content; make own statements questions later
Materials Roles: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
Activities: Total Physical Response
38. Should try to lose themselves in activities involving meaningful communication
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
Objectives: Community Language Learning
Activity types: Grammar Translation
39. Learning occurs through suggestion - when learners are in deeply relaxed state; baroque music used to induce state
Teacher Roles: Total Physical Response
Theory of Learning: Suggestopedia
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Activity Types: Direct Method
40. No basic text; initially use voice - gestures and action; later use materials and media
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Learner Roles: Community Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
41. Memorization and habit forming
Objectives: Audiolingual
Objectives: Communicative
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Situational Language Learning
42. Central & active teacher centered method; provides model - controls direction & pace
Teacher Roles: Total Physical Response
Learner Roles: Direct Method
Theory of Learning: Silent Way
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual
43. Dialogues & drills; repetition & memorization pattern practice
Teacher Roles: Communicative
Activity Types: Audiolingual
Theory of Learning: Suggestopedia
Objectives: Total Physical Response
44. Direct class activities; demonstrate - not explain or translate; give Ss choices to correct selves
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
Objectives: Direct Method
Syllabus: Audiolingual
Teacher Roles: Suggestopedia
45. Repetition; substitution drills; avoid translation and grammar explanation; students not allowed to make mistakes
Theory of Learning: Situational Language Learning
Activities: Situational Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
Activity types: Grammar Translation
46. No set syllabus; syllabus comes from learners' intentions and teachers reformulations
Material Roles: Community Language Learning
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
Material Roles: Grammar Translation
47. Responsible for their own learning' must develop independence - autonomy and responsibility
Activities: Silent Way
Theory of Learning: Total Physical Response
Activity Types: Community Language Learning
Learner Roles: Silent Way
48. Learners are members of a community; learning not an individual accomplishment - but is achieved collaboratively
Learner Roles: Community Language Learning
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
Objectives: Community Language Learning
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
49. Based on here and now - focus on meaning - not form; must allow for comprehensible input
Teacher Roles: Communicative
Activities: Natural Approach
Theory of Language: Grammar Translation
Objectives: Community Language Learning
50. Language is primarily speech; learning language involves culture
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
Material Roles: Communcative
Objectives: Grammar Translation
Theory of Language: Direct Method