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Language Teaching Methods
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Each language has unique rhythm and spirit; core structure and functional vocab are keys to spirit
Theory of Language: Silent Way
Materials Roles: Direct Method
Theory of Language: Grammar Translation
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
2. Main source of comprehensible input; must create positive; low-anxiety climate; lead rich mixture of activities
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Silent Way
3. Communicate orally and think in L2 - students make direct association between meaning and L2
Theory of Learning: Audiolingual
Objectives: Direct Method
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Situational Language Learning
4. Learners as negotiator - interactor - giving & receiving information
Learner Roles: Communicative
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
Activities: Total Physical Response
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
5. Sentence-based with grammatical and lexical criteria being primary focus on meaning - not form
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Suggestopedia
Learner Roles: Silent Way
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
6. Initiatives - question and answer - role play; listening exercises while deeply relaxed
Activities: Silent Way
Theory of Learning: Silent Way
Activities: Suggestopedia
Learner Roles: Direct Method
7. No textbook; materials developed as course progresses
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
Objectives: Direct Method
Activity Types: Direct Method
Material Roles: Community Language Learning
8. L2 learning same as L1; comprehension before production; carry out commands and reduction of stress
Activity Types: Direct Method
Activities: Silent Way
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Total Physical Response
9. Authority; has all control; corrects students; assign tasks to be memorized
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
Theory of Learning: Suggestopedia
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
10. Act as model in presenting structures; lead drill practice; correct errors; test progress
Syllabus: Situational Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
11. Structures - functions - notions - themes & tasks; order based on learners' needs
Objectives: Communicative
Activity Types: Audiolingual
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
Syllabus: Communicative
12. Essence of language is meaning; vocab not grammar is heart of the language
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
Theory of Language: Natural Approach
Theory of language: Communicative
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
13. Realia rather than textbooks; aim is to promote comprehension and communication
Learner Roles: Suggestopedia
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
14. Leaning L2 and L1 different; L2 learning is intellectual; feel music of language; silent awareness - then active trial
Theory of Learning: Suggestopedia
Theory of Learning: Silent Way
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
Material Roles: Communcative
15. Direct class activities; demonstrate - not explain or translate; give Ss choices to correct selves
Syllabus: Audiolingual
Activity Types: Audiolingual
Objectives: Community Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
16. Conventional - but memorization of whole meaningful text is recommended
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
Theory of Language: Suggestopedia
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
Syllabus: Silent Way
17. Active and direct role - 'director' of stage play with students as actors
Material Roles: Communcative
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
Objectives: Grammar Translation
Teacher Roles: Total Physical Response
18. Based on selection of communicative activities and topics derived from learners' needs
Objectives: Direct Method
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
Theory of language: Communicative
Syllabus: Natural Approach
19. Learning cannot lead to acquisition; learning- a conscious process; acquisition- a natural - subconscious process
Material Roles: Communcative
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
Learner Roles: Grammar Translation
20. No set syllabus; syllabus comes from learners' intentions and teachers reformulations
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Suggestopedia
Syllabus: Direct Method
Theory of Learning: Total Physical Response
21. Memorization and habit forming
Activities: Total Physical Response
Theory of Learning: Situational Language Learning
Learner Roles: Community Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
22. Counselling and parent analogy; provide safe environment for students to learn and grow
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
Activities: Natural Approach
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
Learner Roles: Suggestopedia
23. Unique materials' colored rods; coded pronunciation and vocab charts
Materials Roles: Silent Way
Syllabus: Audiolingual
Objectives: Total Physical Response
Teacher Roles: Suggestopedia
24. Acquire vocab by speaking full sentences in L2; communication is purpose of language learning
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
Learner Roles: Direct Method
Activity Types: Communicative
Theory of Language: Silent Way
25. Read and write; no control over content; memorize; answer-usually written
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
Learner Roles: Grammar Translation
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
26. Must teach - test - get out of way; remain impassive; resist temptation to model - assist - direct - or exhort
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
Teacher Roles: Silent Way
Objectives: Direct Method
Activity Types: Audiolingual
27. No basic text; initially use voice - gestures and action; later use materials and media
Materials Roles: Direct Method
Material Roles: Communcative
Objectives: Audiolingual
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
28. Based on structure- grammar and vocab; items introduced by grammatical complexity
Teacher Roles: Communicative
Syllabus: Silent Way
Learner Roles: Direct Method
Theory of Language: Direct Method
29. Maintain passive state; allow materials to work on them
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
Learner Roles: Suggestopedia
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
30. Authentic & task based materials to promote communication
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
Material Roles: Communcative
31. Learners are directed by skilled training techniques to produce correct response
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
Activity Types: Community Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
32. Central & active teacher centered method; provides model - controls direction & pace
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual
Activity Types: Communicative
Theory of Learning: Community Language Learning
Learner Roles: Total Physical Response
33. Language involved whole person and culture; educational - developmental - communicative process
Theory of Learning: Communicative
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
34. No specific objectives; near native mastery is goal
Activities: Situational Language Learning
Activity Types: Community Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
Objectives: Community Language Learning
35. Literary passages to be translated; vocab and grammar based lessons based on passages
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
Objectives: Audiolingual
36. Dialogues & drills; repetition & memorization pattern practice
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
Teacher Roles: Communicative
Objectives: Grammar Translation
Activity Types: Audiolingual
37. Based on here and now - focus on meaning - not form; must allow for comprehensible input
Material Roles: Communcative
Objectives: Communicative
Teacher Roles: Suggestopedia
Activities: Natural Approach
38. Use L2 exclusively; inductive grammar; much speaking - T to Ss and Ss to Ss; dictation
Syllabus: Silent Way
Activities: Suggestopedia
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
Activity Types: Direct Method
39. To be able to read literature in L2; translate L2 to L1 and vice versa; achieve proficiency in L2 reading and writing
Objectives: Grammar Translation
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
Activity Types: Communicative
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
40. Texts - tapes - classroom items and music; texts must have force and literary quality
Syllabus: Direct Method
Activity Types: Direct Method
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
Theory of Language: Natural Approach
41. Habit formation; skills learned more effectively if oral before written; analogy - not analysis
Activities: Suggestopedia
Theory of Learning: Audiolingual
Theory of Language: Silent Way
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
42. Text - plays - dialogues drive T's demonstrations of their meanings; objects (realia) in class
Materials Roles: Direct Method
Syllabus: Silent Way
Theory of Learning: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Silent Way
43. Answer and ask questions - use L2 and communicate as if in real situations
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
Theory of Language: Direct Method
Learner Roles: Direct Method
Theory of Language: Suggestopedia
44. Information sharing; negotiation of meaning & interaction
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Activity Types: Communicative
Syllabus: Silent Way
Teacher Roles: Suggestopedia
45. Language is a rule governed system - hierarchically arranged
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
Theory of Learning: Silent Way
46. Based on situations and topics - not usually linguistic
Activity Types: Community Language Learning
Theory of Language: Grammar Translation
Learner Roles: Silent Way
Syllabus: Direct Method
47. Responsible for their own learning' must develop independence - autonomy and responsibility
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
Activity Types: Communicative
Learner Roles: Silent Way
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
48. Learning occurs through suggestion - when learners are in deeply relaxed state; baroque music used to induce state
Materials Roles: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Language: Silent Way
Theory of Learning: Suggestopedia
Objectives: Audiolingual
49. Graded syllabus of phonology - morphology & syntax; contrastive analysis
Theory of language: Communicative
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
Objectives: Total Physical Response
Syllabus: Audiolingual
50. Translation and memorization - learn about L2 by translating L2 to L1 and vice versa and by learning vocab and grammar of L2
Materials Roles: Silent Way
Theory of Language: Suggestopedia
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning