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Language Teaching Methods
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Structures - functions - notions - themes & tasks; order based on learners' needs
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
Syllabus: Communicative
Learner Roles: Community Language Learning
2. Read and write; no control over content; memorize; answer-usually written
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
Learner Roles: Grammar Translation
Material Roles: Communcative
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
3. Essence of language is meaning; vocab not grammar is heart of the language
Materials Roles: Silent Way
Theory of Language: Natural Approach
Material Roles: Grammar Translation
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
4. Answer and ask questions - use L2 and communicate as if in real situations
Learner Roles: Direct Method
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
Theory of Learning: Suggestopedia
Theory of Learning: Audiolingual
5. Facilator of communication process; needs analyst - counsellor; process manager
Activities: Situational Language Learning
Material Roles: Community Language Learning
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
Teacher Roles: Communicative
6. Counselling and parent analogy; provide safe environment for students to learn and grow
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Silent Way
Theory of Learning: Total Physical Response
Theory of Learning: Communicative
7. Language involved whole person and culture; educational - developmental - communicative process
Theory of Language: Grammar Translation
Objectives: Community Language Learning
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Communicative
8. Language is a set of structures related to situations
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
Activity types: Grammar Translation
Learner Roles: Direct Method
Objectives: Direct Method
9. Translation and memorization - learn about L2 by translating L2 to L1 and vice versa and by learning vocab and grammar of L2
Activity Types: Audiolingual
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
Activity Types: Communicative
Syllabus: Silent Way
10. Unique materials' colored rods; coded pronunciation and vocab charts
Materials Roles: Silent Way
Theory of language: Communicative
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
11. Translation; reading comp; memorization of vocab lists; identify synonyms - antonyms - cognates - deductive application of grammar rules
Activities: Total Physical Response
Activities: Suggestopedia
Activity types: Grammar Translation
Theory of Learning: Silent Way
12. Learning occurs through suggestion - when learners are in deeply relaxed state; baroque music used to induce state
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
Theory of Learning: Suggestopedia
Learner Roles: Silent Way
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
13. Based on selection of communicative activities and topics derived from learners' needs
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Situational Language Learning
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Theory of Learning: Communicative
14. Must teach - test - get out of way; remain impassive; resist temptation to model - assist - direct - or exhort
Theory of language: Communicative
Teacher Roles: Silent Way
Activities: Suggestopedia
Materials Roles: Direct Method
15. Central & active teacher centered method; provides model - controls direction & pace
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
Syllabus: Direct Method
16. Imperative drills to elicit physical actions
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
Syllabus: Situational Language Learning
Activity Types: Direct Method
Activities: Total Physical Response
17. Textbooks; prepared passages and related grammar and vocab exercises
Material Roles: Grammar Translation
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual
18. Direct class activities; demonstrate - not explain or translate; give Ss choices to correct selves
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
Theory of Language: Suggestopedia
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
19. L2 learning same as L1; comprehension before production; carry out commands and reduction of stress
Material Roles: Grammar Translation
Theory of Language: Direct Method
Theory of Learning: Total Physical Response
Syllabus: Silent Way
20. Repetition; substitution drills; avoid translation and grammar explanation; students not allowed to make mistakes
Activities: Situational Language Learning
Materials Roles: Situational Language Learning
Activities: Silent Way
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
21. Learning cannot lead to acquisition; learning- a conscious process; acquisition- a natural - subconscious process
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
Activity Types: Community Language Learning
Theory of Language: Grammar Translation
22. Basically structuralist - grammar-based view of language
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
23. No specific objectives; near native mastery is goal
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
Objectives: Community Language Learning
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
24. Acquire vocab by speaking full sentences in L2; communication is purpose of language learning
Syllabus: Direct Method
Objectives: Grammar Translation
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
25. Graded syllabus of phonology - morphology & syntax; contrastive analysis
Learner Roles: Communicative
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
Syllabus: Audiolingual
Theory of Learning: Silent Way
26. Information sharing; negotiation of meaning & interaction
Activities: Total Physical Response
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
Theory of Learning: Situational Language Learning
Activity Types: Communicative
27. Listen and repeat; respond to questions and commands; no control over content; make own statements questions later
Activities: Natural Approach
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Silent Way
Theory of Learning: Communicative
28. Teacher oriented; tapes & visuals; language lab often used
Objectives: Audiolingual
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
Materials Roles: Silent Way
29. Language is a system for expression of meaning; primary function is interaction & communication
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
Theory of Language: Natural Approach
Theory of language: Communicative
Theory of Learning: Total Physical Response
30. Based on here and now - focus on meaning - not form; must allow for comprehensible input
Activities: Natural Approach
Theory of Language: Natural Approach
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
Activity Types: Direct Method
31. Texts - tapes - classroom items and music; texts must have force and literary quality
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
Activities: Natural Approach
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
32. Based on structure- grammar and vocab; items introduced by grammatical complexity
Syllabus: Silent Way
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Learner Roles: Direct Method
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
33. Habit formation; skills learned more effectively if oral before written; analogy - not analysis
Theory of Learning: Audiolingual
Theory of Learning: Communicative
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
Learner Roles: Direct Method
34. Leaning L2 and L1 different; L2 learning is intellectual; feel music of language; silent awareness - then active trial
Theory of Language: Silent Way
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Learner Roles: Total Physical Response
Theory of Learning: Silent Way
35. To be able to read literature in L2; translate L2 to L1 and vice versa; achieve proficiency in L2 reading and writing
Theory of language: Communicative
Objectives: Grammar Translation
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Communicative
36. Based on situations and topics - not usually linguistic
Syllabus: Direct Method
Activity types: Grammar Translation
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Communicative
37. Should try to lose themselves in activities involving meaningful communication
Syllabus: Communicative
Theory of Learning: Audiolingual
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
Theory of Language: Suggestopedia
38. Memorization and habit forming
Activity Types: Community Language Learning
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
Theory of Learning: Situational Language Learning
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
39. Student respond to commands - questions - visual cues; encourage and shape oral responses; no grammar explanation or modeling
Activities: Silent Way
Theory of Learning: Communicative
Syllabus: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Total Physical Response
40. No textbook; materials developed as course progresses
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
Syllabus: Direct Method
Teacher Roles: Suggestopedia
Material Roles: Community Language Learning
41. Language is primarily speech; learning language involves culture
Activity Types: Audiolingual
Material Roles: Grammar Translation
Material Roles: Communcative
Theory of Language: Direct Method
42. Learners are members of a community; learning not an individual accomplishment - but is achieved collaboratively
Learner Roles: Communicative
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
Syllabus: Direct Method
Learner Roles: Community Language Learning
43. Create situations and present materials to encourage positive reception and retention; exude authority and confidence
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
Theory of Language: Grammar Translation
Teacher Roles: Suggestopedia
Activity types: Grammar Translation
44. Authority; has all control; corrects students; assign tasks to be memorized
Activity types: Grammar Translation
Materials Roles: Situational Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
45. Realia rather than textbooks; aim is to promote comprehension and communication
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
Learner Roles: Silent Way
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
Learner Roles: Suggestopedia
46. Ten-unit courses consisting of 1 -200 word dialogues - graded by vocab and grammar
Teacher Roles: Total Physical Response
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
Syllabus: Suggestopedia
Objectives: Total Physical Response
47. Main source of comprehensible input; must create positive; low-anxiety climate; lead rich mixture of activities
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
Material Roles: Communcative
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
48. Each language has unique rhythm and spirit; core structure and functional vocab are keys to spirit
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Language: Silent Way
Materials Roles: Silent Way
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
49. Use L2 exclusively; inductive grammar; much speaking - T to Ss and Ss to Ss; dictation
Material Roles: Communcative
Materials Roles: Silent Way
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
Activity Types: Direct Method
50. Active and direct role - 'director' of stage play with students as actors
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
Activities: Suggestopedia
Teacher Roles: Total Physical Response
Theory of Language: Suggestopedia