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Language Teaching Methods

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






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






3. Language is a set of structures related to situations






4. Learners as negotiator - interactor - giving & receiving information






5. Counselling and parent analogy; provide safe environment for students to learn and grow






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






7. Authentic & task based materials to promote communication






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






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






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






11. Learning cannot lead to acquisition; learning- a conscious process; acquisition- a natural - subconscious process






12. Leaning involves whole person; social process of growth






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






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






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






16. Based on selection of communicative activities and topics derived from learners' needs






17. Dialogues & drills; repetition & memorization pattern practice






18. Ten-unit courses consisting of 1 -200 word dialogues - graded by vocab and grammar






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






20. Memorization and habit forming






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






22. Central & active teacher centered method; provides model - controls direction & pace






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






24. No textbook; materials developed as course progresses






25. Direct class activities; demonstrate - not explain or translate; give Ss choices to correct selves






26. No set syllabus; syllabus comes from learners' intentions and teachers reformulations






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






28. Relies on text and visual aids; test is tightly organized - has structurally graded lessons






29. No specific objectives; near native mastery is goal






30. Should try to lose themselves in activities involving meaningful communication






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






32. Information sharing; negotiation of meaning & interaction






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






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






35. To be able to read literature in L2; translate L2 to L1 and vice versa; achieve proficiency in L2 reading and writing






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






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






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






39. Language is primarily speech; learning language involves culture






40. Main source of comprehensible input; must create positive; low-anxiety climate; lead rich mixture of activities






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






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






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






44. Imperative drills to elicit physical actions






45. Learners are directed by skilled training techniques to produce correct response






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






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






48. Literary language is superior to spoken language






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






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







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