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Language Teaching Methods
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. No specific objectives; near native mastery is goal
Theory of Language: Natural Approach
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
Objectives: Community Language Learning
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
2. Listen and perform; little influence over content of learning
Theory of Learning: Silent Way
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
Learner Roles: Total Physical Response
3. Repetition; substitution drills; avoid translation and grammar explanation; students not allowed to make mistakes
Activities: Situational Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual
Objectives: Communicative
Learner Roles: Direct Method
4. Act as model in presenting structures; lead drill practice; correct errors; test progress
Teacher Roles: Total Physical Response
Objectives: Grammar Translation
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
5. Teacher oriented; tapes & visuals; language lab often used
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
Objectives: Total Physical Response
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
Theory of Language: Natural Approach
6. Sentence-based with grammatical and lexical criteria being primary focus on meaning - not form
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual
Activity Types: Direct Method
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
7. Responsible for their own learning' must develop independence - autonomy and responsibility
Learner Roles: Silent Way
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
Activity Types: Audiolingual
Theory of Language: Suggestopedia
8. No textbook; materials developed as course progresses
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
Activity Types: Communicative
Material Roles: Community Language Learning
9. No basic text; initially use voice - gestures and action; later use materials and media
Theory of Learning: Community Language Learning
Theory of Language: Direct Method
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
Theory of language: Communicative
10. Language is a system for expression of meaning; primary function is interaction & communication
Theory of language: Communicative
Syllabus: Audiolingual
Learner Roles: Silent Way
Objectives: Grammar Translation
11. Translation; reading comp; memorization of vocab lists; identify synonyms - antonyms - cognates - deductive application of grammar rules
Activities: Total Physical Response
Activity types: Grammar Translation
Learner Roles: Grammar Translation
Objectives: Direct Method
12. Based on structure- grammar and vocab; items introduced by grammatical complexity
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
Syllabus: Silent Way
Activities: Total Physical Response
13. Texts - tapes - classroom items and music; texts must have force and literary quality
Materials Roles: Direct Method
Syllabus: Communicative
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
Learner Roles: Grammar Translation
14. Textbooks; prepared passages and related grammar and vocab exercises
Activities: Natural Approach
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Material Roles: Grammar Translation
Objectives: Audiolingual
15. Student respond to commands - questions - visual cues; encourage and shape oral responses; no grammar explanation or modeling
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
Activities: Silent Way
Objectives: Grammar Translation
16. Innovative and conventional; translation - group work - recording - transcription - free conversation
Theory of Language: Silent Way
Theory of Learning: Suggestopedia
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
Activity Types: Community Language Learning
17. Read and write; no control over content; memorize; answer-usually written
Material Roles: Grammar Translation
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
Learner Roles: Grammar Translation
Theory of Language: Direct Method
18. Learners are members of a community; learning not an individual accomplishment - but is achieved collaboratively
Materials Roles: Direct Method
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
Learner Roles: Community Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
19. Relies on text and visual aids; test is tightly organized - has structurally graded lessons
Materials Roles: Situational Language Learning
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
Materials Roles: Direct Method
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
20. 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: Grammar Translation
Activity Types: Direct Method
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
Material Roles: Grammar Translation
21. Graded syllabus of phonology - morphology & syntax; contrastive analysis
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
Syllabus: Audiolingual
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
22. Answer and ask questions - use L2 and communicate as if in real situations
Theory of Learning: Audiolingual
Teacher Roles: Suggestopedia
Learner Roles: Direct Method
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
23. Control of structures of sound; form & order; mastery over symbols of L2; native speaker mastery
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
Objectives: Audiolingual
Activities: Natural Approach
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
24. Literary language is superior to spoken language
Theory of Language: Grammar Translation
Theory of Learning: Communicative
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
25. Listen and repeat; respond to questions and commands; no control over content; make own statements questions later
Theory of Learning: Situational Language Learning
Activity Types: Audiolingual
Syllabus: Communicative
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
26. Use language meaningful to promote learning; activities involving real communication
Objectives: Total Physical Response
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Communicative
27. Should try to lose themselves in activities involving meaningful communication
Learner Roles: Suggestopedia
Theory of Language: Silent Way
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
Activities: Natural Approach
28. Unique materials' colored rods; coded pronunciation and vocab charts
Materials Roles: Silent Way
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
Activity types: Grammar Translation
Objectives: Communicative
29. Maintain passive state; allow materials to work on them
Theory of Learning: Audiolingual
Learner Roles: Suggestopedia
Syllabus: Suggestopedia
Activity types: Grammar Translation
30. Learning occurs through suggestion - when learners are in deeply relaxed state; baroque music used to induce state
Learner Roles: Direct Method
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
Theory of Learning: Suggestopedia
Learner Roles: Total Physical Response
31. Structures - functions - notions - themes & tasks; order based on learners' needs
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
Learner Roles: Community Language Learning
Material Roles: Grammar Translation
Syllabus: Communicative
32. To be able to read literature in L2; translate L2 to L1 and vice versa; achieve proficiency in L2 reading and writing
Theory of Learning: Total Physical Response
Teacher Roles: Total Physical Response
Objectives: Grammar Translation
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
33. Authentic & task based materials to promote communication
Activities: Total Physical Response
Activity types: Grammar Translation
Material Roles: Communcative
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
34. Each language has unique rhythm and spirit; core structure and functional vocab are keys to spirit
Teacher Roles: Total Physical Response
Theory of Language: Suggestopedia
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Theory of Language: Silent Way
35. Objectives reflect needs of learners; include functional skills & linguistic objectives
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
Objectives: Communicative
Theory of Learning: Situational Language Learning
Learner Roles: Total Physical Response
36. Literary passages to be translated; vocab and grammar based lessons based on passages
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
Theory of Language: Silent Way
Learner Roles: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
37. Produce learners who can communicate orally - intelligibly uninhibitedly with native speakers
Syllabus: Communicative
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
Objectives: Total Physical Response
Objectives: Grammar Translation
38. Initiatives - question and answer - role play; listening exercises while deeply relaxed
Teacher Roles: Suggestopedia
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
Learner Roles: Suggestopedia
Activities: Suggestopedia
39. Direct class activities; demonstrate - not explain or translate; give Ss choices to correct selves
Activity Types: Direct Method
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
Theory of Learning: Total Physical Response
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
40. Basically structuralist - grammar-based view of language
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
Materials Roles: Silent Way
41. Dialogues & drills; repetition & memorization pattern practice
Theory of Learning: Community Language Learning
Activity Types: Audiolingual
Activity Types: Direct Method
Learner Roles: Suggestopedia
42. Must teach - test - get out of way; remain impassive; resist temptation to model - assist - direct - or exhort
Syllabus: Audiolingual
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
Material Roles: Community Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Silent Way
43. Counselling and parent analogy; provide safe environment for students to learn and grow
Learner Roles: Community Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
44. Create situations and present materials to encourage positive reception and retention; exude authority and confidence
Teacher Roles: Suggestopedia
Syllabus: Audiolingual
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
45. Ten-unit courses consisting of 1 -200 word dialogues - graded by vocab and grammar
Syllabus: Suggestopedia
Material Roles: Community Language Learning
Materials Roles: Direct Method
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
46. Facilator of communication process; needs analyst - counsellor; process manager
Teacher Roles: Communicative
Teacher Roles: Silent Way
Learner Roles: Community Language Learning
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
47. Imperative drills to elicit physical actions
Theory of Language: Direct Method
Activity Types: Audiolingual
Syllabus: Suggestopedia
Activities: Total Physical Response
48. Essence of language is meaning; vocab not grammar is heart of the language
Theory of Language: Natural Approach
Syllabus: Direct Method
Activities: Silent Way
Syllabus: Suggestopedia
49. A list of structures and vocab - graded by grammatical complexity
Objectives: Communicative
Syllabus: Situational Language Learning
Objectives: Grammar Translation
Activity Types: Direct Method
50. Language is a set of structures related to situations
Activity types: Grammar Translation
Materials Roles: Silent Way
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Language: Suggestopedia