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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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1. Language is primarily speech; learning language involves culture
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
Theory of Language: Direct Method
Syllabus: Situational Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Silent Way
2. Authority; has all control; corrects students; assign tasks to be memorized
Activities: Suggestopedia
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Direct Method
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
3. Textbooks; prepared passages and related grammar and vocab exercises
Material Roles: Grammar Translation
Objectives: Grammar Translation
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
Syllabus: Suggestopedia
4. Based on here and now - focus on meaning - not form; must allow for comprehensible input
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
Activities: Natural Approach
Material Roles: Communcative
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
5. Produce learners who can communicate orally - intelligibly uninhibitedly with native speakers
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
Objectives: Total Physical Response
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
6. Student respond to commands - questions - visual cues; encourage and shape oral responses; no grammar explanation or modeling
Materials Roles: Silent Way
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
Theory of Learning: Community Language Learning
Activities: Silent Way
7. Texts - tapes - classroom items and music; texts must have force and literary quality
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
Activities: Natural Approach
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
8. Listen and perform; little influence over content of learning
Objectives: Community Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
Learner Roles: Total Physical Response
Syllabus: Silent Way
9. Create situations and present materials to encourage positive reception and retention; exude authority and confidence
Theory of Language: Natural Approach
Objectives: Total Physical Response
Activity Types: Direct Method
Teacher Roles: Suggestopedia
10. Acquire vocab by speaking full sentences in L2; communication is purpose of language learning
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
Syllabus: Communicative
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
11. Language is a rule governed system - hierarchically arranged
Theory of Language: Natural Approach
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
Teacher Roles: Total Physical Response
Activity types: Grammar Translation
12. Based on structure- grammar and vocab; items introduced by grammatical complexity
Syllabus: Silent Way
Learner Roles: Communicative
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Communicative
13. Graded syllabus of phonology - morphology & syntax; contrastive analysis
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
Material Roles: Communcative
Syllabus: Audiolingual
14. Essence of language is meaning; vocab not grammar is heart of the language
Teacher Roles: Total Physical Response
Syllabus: Communicative
Theory of Language: Natural Approach
Theory of Learning: Audiolingual
15. Realia rather than textbooks; aim is to promote comprehension and communication
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
Objectives: Total Physical Response
Material Roles: Communcative
16. Repetition; substitution drills; avoid translation and grammar explanation; students not allowed to make mistakes
Activities: Total Physical Response
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
Activities: Situational Language Learning
Material Roles: Communcative
17. Must teach - test - get out of way; remain impassive; resist temptation to model - assist - direct - or exhort
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
Learner Roles: Communicative
Activity Types: Community Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Silent Way
18. Answer and ask questions - use L2 and communicate as if in real situations
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
Learner Roles: Direct Method
Theory of language: Communicative
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
19. Learners are directed by skilled training techniques to produce correct response
Activity Types: Audiolingual
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
Objectives: Total Physical Response
Theory of Learning: Audiolingual
20. Learning cannot lead to acquisition; learning- a conscious process; acquisition- a natural - subconscious process
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
Theory of Language: Direct Method
Theory of Language: Grammar Translation
Objectives: Community Language Learning
21. Translation and memorization - learn about L2 by translating L2 to L1 and vice versa and by learning vocab and grammar of L2
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
Materials Roles: Silent Way
Activity Types: Audiolingual
22. Literary language is superior to spoken language
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Theory of Language: Grammar Translation
Theory of Learning: Total Physical Response
Activity Types: Direct Method
23. A list of structures and vocab - graded by grammatical complexity
Syllabus: Situational Language Learning
Learner Roles: Silent Way
Objectives: Community Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Situational Language Learning
24. Relies on text and visual aids; test is tightly organized - has structurally graded lessons
Objectives: Communicative
Syllabus: Situational Language Learning
Materials Roles: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Language: Natural Approach
25. Based on situations and topics - not usually linguistic
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
Teacher Roles: Total Physical Response
Syllabus: Direct Method
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
26. Memorization and habit forming
Theory of Learning: Situational Language Learning
Activity Types: Audiolingual
Teacher Roles: Total Physical Response
Activities: Silent Way
27. Objectives reflect needs of learners; include functional skills & linguistic objectives
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Materials Roles: Situational Language Learning
Objectives: Communicative
Teacher Roles: Suggestopedia
28. Habit formation; skills learned more effectively if oral before written; analogy - not analysis
Objectives: Direct Method
Activities: Natural Approach
Theory of Learning: Audiolingual
Material Roles: Communcative
29. Conventional - but memorization of whole meaningful text is recommended
Material Roles: Community Language Learning
Theory of Language: Suggestopedia
Activity Types: Direct Method
Activity Types: Community Language Learning
30. Language is a system for expression of meaning; primary function is interaction & communication
Objectives: Grammar Translation
Objectives: Communicative
Theory of Language: Direct Method
Theory of language: Communicative
31. 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: Natural Approach
Activities: Silent Way
Material Roles: Grammar Translation
Objectives: Grammar Translation
32. Facilator of communication process; needs analyst - counsellor; process manager
Activity types: Grammar Translation
Teacher Roles: Communicative
Activity Types: Audiolingual
Theory of Language: Silent Way
33. Based on selection of communicative activities and topics derived from learners' needs
Theory of Learning: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Silent Way
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
Syllabus: Natural Approach
34. Translation; reading comp; memorization of vocab lists; identify synonyms - antonyms - cognates - deductive application of grammar rules
Syllabus: Suggestopedia
Activity types: Grammar Translation
Theory of Learning: Suggestopedia
Syllabus: Situational Language Learning
35. Authentic & task based materials to promote communication
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
Activities: Suggestopedia
Material Roles: Communcative
36. Basically structuralist - grammar-based view of language
Teacher Roles: Total Physical Response
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
37. Communicate orally and think in L2 - students make direct association between meaning and L2
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
Theory of Learning: Community Language Learning
Objectives: Direct Method
Theory of Language: Silent Way
38. Leaning involves whole person; social process of growth
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
Theory of Learning: Community Language Learning
Materials Roles: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Silent Way
39. Literary passages to be translated; vocab and grammar based lessons based on passages
Syllabus: Situational Language Learning
Learner Roles: Total Physical Response
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
Syllabus: Direct Method
40. Should try to lose themselves in activities involving meaningful communication
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
Learner Roles: Direct Method
Theory of Language: Direct Method
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
41. Leaning L2 and L1 different; L2 learning is intellectual; feel music of language; silent awareness - then active trial
Theory of Language: Suggestopedia
Material Roles: Communcative
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Silent Way
42. Structures - functions - notions - themes & tasks; order based on learners' needs
Material Roles: Grammar Translation
Syllabus: Communicative
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
43. Maintain passive state; allow materials to work on them
Learner Roles: Suggestopedia
Theory of Learning: Community Language Learning
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
44. Learners as negotiator - interactor - giving & receiving information
Objectives: Total Physical Response
Learner Roles: Communicative
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
45. Innovative and conventional; translation - group work - recording - transcription - free conversation
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
Activity Types: Community Language Learning
Activity Types: Communicative
Activities: Suggestopedia
46. L2 learning same as L1; comprehension before production; carry out commands and reduction of stress
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
Objectives: Community Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Total Physical Response
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
47. Text - plays - dialogues drive T's demonstrations of their meanings; objects (realia) in class
Materials Roles: Silent Way
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
Materials Roles: Direct Method
Theory of Learning: Situational Language Learning
48. Initiatives - question and answer - role play; listening exercises while deeply relaxed
Activities: Suggestopedia
Activity Types: Community Language Learning
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
49. No basic text; initially use voice - gestures and action; later use materials and media
Activities: Suggestopedia
Theory of Learning: Communicative
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
Objectives: Audiolingual
50. Direct class activities; demonstrate - not explain or translate; give Ss choices to correct selves
Activity Types: Audiolingual
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
Syllabus: Communicative
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
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