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Language Teaching Methods
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Create situations and present materials to encourage positive reception and retention; exude authority and confidence
Activities: Silent Way
Learner Roles: Suggestopedia
Teacher Roles: Suggestopedia
Theory of Learning: Total Physical Response
2. Responsible for their own learning' must develop independence - autonomy and responsibility
Learner Roles: Silent Way
Teacher Roles: Suggestopedia
Syllabus: Communicative
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
3. Direct class activities; demonstrate - not explain or translate; give Ss choices to correct selves
Theory of Learning: Silent Way
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
Materials Roles: Silent Way
Activity Types: Audiolingual
4. Based on selection of communicative activities and topics derived from learners' needs
Theory of Language: Silent Way
Theory of Learning: Audiolingual
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Theory of Learning: Suggestopedia
5. Literary passages to be translated; vocab and grammar based lessons based on passages
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
Theory of Language: Grammar Translation
Objectives: Grammar Translation
6. Essence of language is meaning; vocab not grammar is heart of the language
Theory of Language: Natural Approach
Activities: Silent Way
Theory of Learning: Total Physical Response
Materials Roles: Silent Way
7. No set syllabus; syllabus comes from learners' intentions and teachers reformulations
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Direct Method
Syllabus: Situational Language Learning
8. Initiatives - question and answer - role play; listening exercises while deeply relaxed
Activities: Natural Approach
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
Activities: Suggestopedia
9. Unique materials' colored rods; coded pronunciation and vocab charts
Theory of Language: Silent Way
Activity Types: Communicative
Materials Roles: Silent Way
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
10. Act as model in presenting structures; lead drill practice; correct errors; test progress
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
Activity Types: Communicative
11. Control of structures of sound; form & order; mastery over symbols of L2; native speaker mastery
Materials Roles: Situational Language Learning
Objectives: Audiolingual
Objectives: Total Physical Response
Learner Roles: Total Physical Response
12. Ten-unit courses consisting of 1 -200 word dialogues - graded by vocab and grammar
Syllabus: Suggestopedia
Objectives: Grammar Translation
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
Materials Roles: Direct Method
13. Acquire vocab by speaking full sentences in L2; communication is purpose of language learning
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
Teacher Roles: Silent Way
Objectives: Direct Method
Activity Types: Audiolingual
14. Textbooks; prepared passages and related grammar and vocab exercises
Material Roles: Community Language Learning
Objectives: Communicative
Materials Roles: Silent Way
Material Roles: Grammar Translation
15. L2 learning same as L1; comprehension before production; carry out commands and reduction of stress
Theory of Language: Natural Approach
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
Material Roles: Grammar Translation
Theory of Learning: Total Physical Response
16. Central & active teacher centered method; provides model - controls direction & pace
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
17. Sentence-based with grammatical and lexical criteria being primary focus on meaning - not form
Theory of Learning: Suggestopedia
Activities: Total Physical Response
Material Roles: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
18. No textbook; materials developed as course progresses
Objectives: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
Objectives: Direct Method
Material Roles: Community Language Learning
19. Authority; has all control; corrects students; assign tasks to be memorized
Syllabus: Suggestopedia
Materials Roles: Direct Method
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
Learner Roles: Communicative
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 language: Communicative
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
Teacher Roles: Total Physical Response
Teacher Roles: Silent Way
21. Habit formation; skills learned more effectively if oral before written; analogy - not analysis
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
Theory of Learning: Audiolingual
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Silent Way
22. Learners are members of a community; learning not an individual accomplishment - but is achieved collaboratively
Learner Roles: Communicative
Teacher Roles: Communicative
Objectives: Direct Method
Learner Roles: Community Language Learning
23. Dialogues & drills; repetition & memorization pattern practice
Theory of Language: Silent Way
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
Activity Types: Audiolingual
24. No specific objectives; near native mastery is goal
Activity types: Grammar Translation
Objectives: Community Language Learning
Learner Roles: Direct Method
Materials Roles: Situational Language Learning
25. Information sharing; negotiation of meaning & interaction
Material Roles: Communcative
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
Activity Types: Communicative
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
26. Memorization and habit forming
Theory of Learning: Situational Language Learning
Activities: Total Physical Response
Theory of Learning: Total Physical Response
Materials Roles: Direct Method
27. Language is a rule governed system - hierarchically arranged
Activity Types: Communicative
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
28. Based on situations and topics - not usually linguistic
Syllabus: Direct Method
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
Theory of Learning: Community Language Learning
Activity Types: Audiolingual
29. Use L2 exclusively; inductive grammar; much speaking - T to Ss and Ss to Ss; dictation
Objectives: Direct Method
Activity Types: Direct Method
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Language: Grammar Translation
30. Language is a system for expression of meaning; primary function is interaction & communication
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
Syllabus: Direct Method
Theory of language: Communicative
Activity Types: Community Language Learning
31. Authentic & task based materials to promote communication
Material Roles: Communcative
Theory of Learning: Communicative
Materials Roles: Silent Way
Material Roles: Grammar Translation
32. Text - plays - dialogues drive T's demonstrations of their meanings; objects (realia) in class
Materials Roles: Direct Method
Theory of Language: Natural Approach
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
33. Learners are directed by skilled training techniques to produce correct response
Learner Roles: Grammar Translation
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
Teacher Roles: Communicative
Objectives: Communicative
34. Based on here and now - focus on meaning - not form; must allow for comprehensible input
Materials Roles: Silent Way
Materials Roles: Situational Language Learning
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
Activities: Natural Approach
35. Texts - tapes - classroom items and music; texts must have force and literary quality
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
Activity Types: Audiolingual
Theory of Language: Natural Approach
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
36. Listen and repeat; respond to questions and commands; no control over content; make own statements questions later
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Direct Method
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
37. Student respond to commands - questions - visual cues; encourage and shape oral responses; no grammar explanation or modeling
Activities: Silent Way
Learner Roles: Communicative
Objectives: Total Physical Response
Learner Roles: Silent Way
38. Learning cannot lead to acquisition; learning- a conscious process; acquisition- a natural - subconscious process
Activities: Situational Language Learning
Learner Roles: Community Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
Activities: Silent Way
39. Teacher oriented; tapes & visuals; language lab often used
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
Objectives: Direct Method
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
40. 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 language: Communicative
Theory of Learning: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Language: Grammar Translation
41. Conventional - but memorization of whole meaningful text is recommended
Theory of Learning: Silent Way
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
Theory of Language: Suggestopedia
42. Translation; reading comp; memorization of vocab lists; identify synonyms - antonyms - cognates - deductive application of grammar rules
Theory of Language: Silent Way
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
Activity types: Grammar Translation
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
43. Read and write; no control over content; memorize; answer-usually written
Learner Roles: Communicative
Syllabus: Communicative
Learner Roles: Grammar Translation
Theory of Language: Grammar Translation
44. Learning occurs through suggestion - when learners are in deeply relaxed state; baroque music used to induce state
Theory of Learning: Suggestopedia
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
Learner Roles: Communicative
45. Answer and ask questions - use L2 and communicate as if in real situations
Learner Roles: Direct Method
Materials Roles: Direct Method
Syllabus: Direct Method
Learner Roles: Communicative
46. Based on structure- grammar and vocab; items introduced by grammatical complexity
Syllabus: Silent Way
Theory of Language: Suggestopedia
Theory of Learning: Community Language Learning
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
47. Language involved whole person and culture; educational - developmental - communicative process
Teacher Roles: Suggestopedia
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
Materials Roles: Silent Way
48. Basically structuralist - grammar-based view of language
Materials Roles: Situational Language Learning
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
Activity types: Grammar Translation
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
49. Literary language is superior to spoken language
Theory of Language: Natural Approach
Theory of Language: Grammar Translation
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
50. Main source of comprehensible input; must create positive; low-anxiety climate; lead rich mixture of activities
Activities: Situational Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Total Physical Response
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach