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Language Teaching Methods
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. No basic text; initially use voice - gestures and action; later use materials and media
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
Materials Roles: Situational Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
2. Imperative drills to elicit physical actions
Theory of Learning: Audiolingual
Activities: Total Physical Response
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
Syllabus: Silent Way
3. Innovative and conventional; translation - group work - recording - transcription - free conversation
Theory of Learning: Communicative
Activity Types: Community Language Learning
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
4. Language is a set of structures related to situations
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
Theory of language: Communicative
Theory of Language: Silent Way
5. Direct class activities; demonstrate - not explain or translate; give Ss choices to correct selves
Theory of Learning: Total Physical Response
Learner Roles: Direct Method
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
6. Student respond to commands - questions - visual cues; encourage and shape oral responses; no grammar explanation or modeling
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
Activities: Silent Way
Teacher Roles: Silent Way
7. Create situations and present materials to encourage positive reception and retention; exude authority and confidence
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
Teacher Roles: Suggestopedia
Materials Roles: Direct Method
8. Active and direct role - 'director' of stage play with students as actors
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
Syllabus: Communicative
Teacher Roles: Total Physical Response
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
9. Texts - tapes - classroom items and music; texts must have force and literary quality
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
Theory of Learning: Audiolingual
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
10. Translation; reading comp; memorization of vocab lists; identify synonyms - antonyms - cognates - deductive application of grammar rules
Objectives: Community Language Learning
Activity types: Grammar Translation
Theory of Language: Natural Approach
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
11. Answer and ask questions - use L2 and communicate as if in real situations
Activity Types: Communicative
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
Learner Roles: Direct Method
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
12. Sentence-based with grammatical and lexical criteria being primary focus on meaning - not form
Syllabus: Direct Method
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
Syllabus: Suggestopedia
Theory of language: Communicative
13. Read and write; no control over content; memorize; answer-usually written
Activities: Suggestopedia
Learner Roles: Silent Way
Objectives: Total Physical Response
Learner Roles: Grammar Translation
14. Responsible for their own learning' must develop independence - autonomy and responsibility
Learner Roles: Silent Way
Theory of Learning: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Learner Roles: Grammar Translation
15. Learning occurs through suggestion - when learners are in deeply relaxed state; baroque music used to induce state
Theory of Learning: Suggestopedia
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
Material Roles: Community Language Learning
16. Relies on text and visual aids; test is tightly organized - has structurally graded lessons
Materials Roles: Silent Way
Materials Roles: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Language: Silent Way
Activities: Total Physical Response
17. Communicate orally and think in L2 - students make direct association between meaning and L2
Material Roles: Community Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
Objectives: Direct Method
Activity Types: Communicative
18. Realia rather than textbooks; aim is to promote comprehension and communication
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
Syllabus: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Suggestopedia
Material Roles: Community Language Learning
19. Textbooks; prepared passages and related grammar and vocab exercises
Learner Roles: Grammar Translation
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Activity Types: Community Language Learning
Material Roles: Grammar Translation
20. Counselling and parent analogy; provide safe environment for students to learn and grow
Theory of language: Communicative
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
Theory of Learning: Situational Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
21. Learning cannot lead to acquisition; learning- a conscious process; acquisition- a natural - subconscious process
Learner Roles: Communicative
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
Activities: Suggestopedia
Theory of Learning: Community Language Learning
22. A list of structures and vocab - graded by grammatical complexity
Activity Types: Community Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Suggestopedia
Syllabus: Direct Method
Syllabus: Situational Language Learning
23. Information sharing; negotiation of meaning & interaction
Activity Types: Audiolingual
Activities: Natural Approach
Activity Types: Communicative
Theory of Language: Silent Way
24. Listen and repeat; respond to questions and commands; no control over content; make own statements questions later
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
Objectives: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Direct Method
25. Language involved whole person and culture; educational - developmental - communicative process
Activity Types: Community Language Learning
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Communicative
26. Learners as negotiator - interactor - giving & receiving information
Learner Roles: Communicative
Activity Types: Communicative
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
Theory of Language: Natural Approach
27. Authority; has all control; corrects students; assign tasks to be memorized
Activity Types: Audiolingual
Learner Roles: Community Language Learning
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
28. Central & active teacher centered method; provides model - controls direction & pace
Objectives: Community Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual
Activities: Silent Way
29. Acquire vocab by speaking full sentences in L2; communication is purpose of language learning
Objectives: Direct Method
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Audiolingual
30. Ten-unit courses consisting of 1 -200 word dialogues - graded by vocab and grammar
Syllabus: Suggestopedia
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
31. 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
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
Syllabus: Direct Method
32. Each language has unique rhythm and spirit; core structure and functional vocab are keys to spirit
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Community Language Learning
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
Theory of Language: Silent Way
33. No textbook; materials developed as course progresses
Material Roles: Community Language Learning
Learner Roles: Suggestopedia
Objectives: Direct Method
Theory of Learning: Silent Way
34. Literary passages to be translated; vocab and grammar based lessons based on passages
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
Learner Roles: Grammar Translation
Learner Roles: Total Physical Response
Theory of Language: Direct Method
35. Should try to lose themselves in activities involving meaningful communication
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
Objectives: Total Physical Response
Material Roles: Grammar Translation
Activities: Suggestopedia
36. Use language meaningful to promote learning; activities involving real communication
Syllabus: Communicative
Theory of Language: Direct Method
Theory of Learning: Communicative
Teacher Roles: Total Physical Response
37. Authentic & task based materials to promote communication
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
Materials Roles: Situational Language Learning
Material Roles: Grammar Translation
Material Roles: Communcative
38. Based on here and now - focus on meaning - not form; must allow for comprehensible input
Learner Roles: Total Physical Response
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
Theory of Learning: Situational Language Learning
Activities: Natural Approach
39. Unique materials' colored rods; coded pronunciation and vocab charts
Teacher Roles: Total Physical Response
Materials Roles: Silent Way
Theory of Language: Direct Method
Theory of Learning: Audiolingual
40. Leaning L2 and L1 different; L2 learning is intellectual; feel music of language; silent awareness - then active trial
Theory of Learning: Communicative
Theory of Learning: Silent Way
Theory of Language: Suggestopedia
Syllabus: Silent Way
41. Literary language is superior to spoken language
Objectives: Community Language Learning
Activity types: Grammar Translation
Theory of Language: Grammar Translation
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
42. Language is primarily speech; learning language involves culture
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
Theory of Language: Direct Method
Materials Roles: Direct Method
Material Roles: Communcative
43. Must teach - test - get out of way; remain impassive; resist temptation to model - assist - direct - or exhort
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
Teacher Roles: Silent Way
Activities: Silent Way
Syllabus: Natural Approach
44. Learners are directed by skilled training techniques to produce correct response
Theory of Learning: Communicative
Theory of Learning: Suggestopedia
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
Theory of Language: Natural Approach
45. Produce learners who can communicate orally - intelligibly uninhibitedly with native speakers
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
Objectives: Grammar Translation
Objectives: Total Physical Response
Teacher Roles: Total Physical Response
46. Main source of comprehensible input; must create positive; low-anxiety climate; lead rich mixture of activities
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Suggestopedia
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
Theory of Learning: Audiolingual
47. Based on situations and topics - not usually linguistic
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
Syllabus: Direct Method
Objectives: Total Physical Response
Syllabus: Audiolingual
48. Structures - functions - notions - themes & tasks; order based on learners' needs
Activities: Total Physical Response
Syllabus: Communicative
Material Roles: Communcative
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
49. Facilator of communication process; needs analyst - counsellor; process manager
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Teacher Roles: Communicative
Learner Roles: Communicative
50. Control of structures of sound; form & order; mastery over symbols of L2; native speaker mastery
Material Roles: Grammar Translation
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
Objectives: Audiolingual
Activity Types: Community Language Learning