SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
Language Teaching Methods
Start Test
Study First
Subject
:
teaching
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. Language involved whole person and culture; educational - developmental - communicative process
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
Syllabus: Situational Language Learning
Syllabus: Direct Method
2. Literary language is superior to spoken language
Syllabus: Communicative
Objectives: Total Physical Response
Theory of Language: Grammar Translation
Objectives: Direct Method
3. Essence of language is meaning; vocab not grammar is heart of the language
Theory of Learning: Community Language Learning
Activity Types: Audiolingual
Theory of Learning: Suggestopedia
Theory of Language: Natural Approach
4. Sentence-based with grammatical and lexical criteria being primary focus on meaning - not form
Learner Roles: Communicative
Objectives: Total Physical Response
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
5. Repetition; substitution drills; avoid translation and grammar explanation; students not allowed to make mistakes
Activities: Situational Language Learning
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
Syllabus: Audiolingual
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
6. Structures - functions - notions - themes & tasks; order based on learners' needs
Syllabus: Communicative
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
7. Unique materials' colored rods; coded pronunciation and vocab charts
Materials Roles: Silent Way
Theory of Language: Grammar Translation
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
Learner Roles: Silent Way
8. Based on situations and topics - not usually linguistic
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
Learner Roles: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Direct Method
9. Facilator of communication process; needs analyst - counsellor; process manager
Activity Types: Community Language Learning
Learner Roles: Community Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Communicative
Learner Roles: Direct Method
10. No specific objectives; near native mastery is goal
Learner Roles: Silent Way
Syllabus: Situational Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
Objectives: Community Language Learning
11. Basically structuralist - grammar-based view of language
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual
Material Roles: Communcative
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
12. Text - plays - dialogues drive T's demonstrations of their meanings; objects (realia) in class
Material Roles: Grammar Translation
Materials Roles: Direct Method
Activity types: Grammar Translation
Theory of Language: Silent Way
13. Translation; reading comp; memorization of vocab lists; identify synonyms - antonyms - cognates - deductive application of grammar rules
Theory of Language: Direct Method
Materials Roles: Silent Way
Activity types: Grammar Translation
Objectives: Communicative
14. Maintain passive state; allow materials to work on them
Objectives: Direct Method
Syllabus: Communicative
Syllabus: Situational Language Learning
Learner Roles: Suggestopedia
15. Learners as negotiator - interactor - giving & receiving information
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual
Learner Roles: Communicative
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
16. Produce learners who can communicate orally - intelligibly uninhibitedly with native speakers
Objectives: Total Physical Response
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
Theory of Learning: Silent Way
17. Imperative drills to elicit physical actions
Syllabus: Direct Method
Activities: Total Physical Response
Learner Roles: Community Language Learning
Theory of language: Communicative
18. Listen and perform; little influence over content of learning
Learner Roles: Total Physical Response
Objectives: Audiolingual
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
Syllabus: Silent Way
19. To be able to read literature in L2; translate L2 to L1 and vice versa; achieve proficiency in L2 reading and writing
Theory of Language: Direct Method
Objectives: Grammar Translation
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
20. Texts - tapes - classroom items and music; texts must have force and literary quality
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
Activity Types: Community Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
Syllabus: Situational Language Learning
21. Initiatives - question and answer - role play; listening exercises while deeply relaxed
Activities: Suggestopedia
Activity Types: Direct Method
Materials Roles: Direct Method
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
22. No basic text; initially use voice - gestures and action; later use materials and media
Theory of Language: Silent Way
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
Activity Types: Communicative
Teacher Roles: Communicative
23. Conventional - but memorization of whole meaningful text is recommended
Theory of Language: Suggestopedia
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
Theory of Language: Grammar Translation
Materials Roles: Direct Method
24. Memorization and habit forming
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
Theory of Learning: Situational Language Learning
Activities: Suggestopedia
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
25. Teacher oriented; tapes & visuals; language lab often used
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
Objectives: Grammar Translation
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
Theory of Learning: Total Physical Response
26. Each language has unique rhythm and spirit; core structure and functional vocab are keys to spirit
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
Activity Types: Direct Method
Theory of Language: Silent Way
Theory of Learning: Community Language Learning
27. Innovative and conventional; translation - group work - recording - transcription - free conversation
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
Activity Types: Community Language Learning
28. No set syllabus; syllabus comes from learners' intentions and teachers reformulations
Theory of Learning: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
Activities: Silent Way
Objectives: Community Language Learning
29. Counselling and parent analogy; provide safe environment for students to learn and grow
Theory of Learning: Silent Way
Activity Types: Community Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
Theory of Language: Natural Approach
30. Create situations and present materials to encourage positive reception and retention; exude authority and confidence
Materials Roles: Situational Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Suggestopedia
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
Objectives: Communicative
31. Literary passages to be translated; vocab and grammar based lessons based on passages
Teacher Roles: Silent Way
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
Activity types: Grammar Translation
Activity Types: Direct Method
32. Leaning involves whole person; social process of growth
Theory of Learning: Community Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
Activity Types: Direct Method
Activity types: Grammar Translation
33. Graded syllabus of phonology - morphology & syntax; contrastive analysis
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
Syllabus: Audiolingual
Materials Roles: Silent Way
34. Language is a set of structures related to situations
Activities: Situational Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
Syllabus: Direct Method
35. Use language meaningful to promote learning; activities involving real communication
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
Theory of Learning: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Communicative
36. Language is a system for expression of meaning; primary function is interaction & communication
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
Theory of language: Communicative
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
Syllabus: Natural Approach
37. Should try to lose themselves in activities involving meaningful communication
Syllabus: Communicative
Learner Roles: Community Language Learning
Learner Roles: Suggestopedia
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
38. Acquire vocab by speaking full sentences in L2; communication is purpose of language learning
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
Materials Roles: Direct Method
Theory of Learning: Audiolingual
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
39. Ten-unit courses consisting of 1 -200 word dialogues - graded by vocab and grammar
Syllabus: Suggestopedia
Theory of Learning: Communicative
Theory of Language: Silent Way
Activity types: Grammar Translation
40. Control of structures of sound; form & order; mastery over symbols of L2; native speaker mastery
Material Roles: Grammar Translation
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Objectives: Audiolingual
Activity types: Grammar Translation
41. Language is primarily speech; learning language involves culture
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
Theory of Language: Direct Method
Objectives: Communicative
Theory of Learning: Community Language Learning
42. Leaning L2 and L1 different; L2 learning is intellectual; feel music of language; silent awareness - then active trial
Theory of Learning: Silent Way
Theory of Learning: Audiolingual
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
Learner Roles: Community Language Learning
43. Based on selection of communicative activities and topics derived from learners' needs
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Activities: Silent Way
Materials Roles: Situational Language Learning
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
44. Direct class activities; demonstrate - not explain or translate; give Ss choices to correct selves
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
Theory of Learning: Audiolingual
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
45. Realia rather than textbooks; aim is to promote comprehension and communication
Teacher Roles: Communicative
Materials Roles: Direct Method
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
46. Answer and ask questions - use L2 and communicate as if in real situations
Learner Roles: Direct Method
Teacher Roles: Communicative
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
47. L2 learning same as L1; comprehension before production; carry out commands and reduction of stress
Learner Roles: Direct Method
Theory of Learning: Total Physical Response
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
48. Dialogues & drills; repetition & memorization pattern practice
Syllabus: Situational Language Learning
Activity Types: Audiolingual
Learner Roles: Grammar Translation
Theory of Language: Natural Approach
49. Listen and repeat; respond to questions and commands; no control over content; make own statements questions later
Syllabus: Suggestopedia
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
50. Responsible for their own learning' must develop independence - autonomy and responsibility
Theory of Learning: Total Physical Response
Learner Roles: Silent Way
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
Materials Roles: Direct Method