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Language Teaching Methods

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Relies on text and visual aids; test is tightly organized - has structurally graded lessons






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






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






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






5. Memorization and habit forming






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






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






8. Acquire vocab by speaking full sentences in L2; communication is purpose of language learning






9. Authority; has all control; corrects students; assign tasks to be memorized






10. Imperative drills to elicit physical actions






11. Create situations and present materials to encourage positive reception and retention; exude authority and confidence






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






13. Information sharing; negotiation of meaning & interaction






14. Basically structuralist - grammar-based view of language






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






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






17. No specific objectives; near native mastery is goal






18. Leaning L2 and L1 different; L2 learning is intellectual; feel music of language; silent awareness - then active trial






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Authentic & task based materials to promote communication






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. Control of structures of sound; form & order; mastery over symbols of L2; native speaker mastery






39. Literary language is superior to spoken language






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






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






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






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






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






45. Language is primarily speech; learning language involves culture






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






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






48. Unique materials' colored rods; coded pronunciation and vocab charts






49. Language is a rule governed system - hierarchically arranged






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