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Language Teaching Methods

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Information sharing; negotiation of meaning & interaction






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Language is a rule governed system - hierarchically arranged






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






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






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






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






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






18. Memorization and habit forming






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Textbooks; prepared passages and related grammar and vocab exercises






30. No textbook; materials developed as course progresses






31. Dialogues & drills; repetition & memorization pattern practice






32. Leaning involves whole person; social process of growth






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






34. Imperative drills to elicit physical actions






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






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






37. Language is a set of structures related to situations






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






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






40. Basically structuralist - grammar-based view of language






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Literary language is superior to spoken language