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Language Teaching Methods

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
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1. Maintain passive state; allow materials to work on them






2. Must teach - test - get out of way; remain impassive; resist temptation to model - assist - direct - or exhort






3. No textbook; materials developed as course progresses






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






5. Information sharing; negotiation of meaning & interaction






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






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






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






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






10. Based on here and now - focus on meaning - not form; must allow for comprehensible input






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






12. Learners are members of a community; learning not an individual accomplishment - but is achieved collaboratively






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






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






15. Act as model in presenting structures; lead drill practice; correct errors; test progress






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






17. Memorization and habit forming






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. No basic text; initially use voice - gestures and action; later use materials and media






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






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






27. Authentic & task based materials to promote communication






28. Based on situations and topics - not usually linguistic






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






30. Communicate orally and think in L2 - students make direct association between meaning and L2






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






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






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






34. Answer and ask questions - use L2 and communicate as if in real situations






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Language is primarily speech; learning language involves culture






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






48. Imperative drills to elicit physical actions






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






50. No specific objectives; near native mastery is goal