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Language Teaching Methods

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






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






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






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






5. Memorization and habit forming






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






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






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






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






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






11. Literary language is superior to spoken language






12. Imperative drills to elicit physical actions






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






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






15. Basically structuralist - grammar-based view of language






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






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






18. Language is a rule governed system - hierarchically arranged






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






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






21. Leaning involves whole person; social process of growth






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






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






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






25. Authentic & task based materials to promote communication






26. Language is a set of structures related to situations






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






28. No specific objectives; near native mastery is goal






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






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






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






32. Information sharing; negotiation of meaning & interaction






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






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






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






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






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






38. Essence of language is meaning; vocab not grammar is heart of the language






39. Language is primarily speech; learning language involves culture






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






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






42. No textbook; materials developed as course progresses






43. Each language has unique rhythm and spirit; core structure and functional vocab are keys to spirit






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






45. Dialogues & drills; repetition & memorization pattern practice






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






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






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






49. Translation and memorization - learn about L2 by translating L2 to L1 and vice versa and by learning vocab and grammar of L2






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







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