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Language Teaching Methods
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. No set syllabus; syllabus comes from learners' intentions and teachers reformulations
Syllabus: Suggestopedia
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
Activity Types: Audiolingual
2. Basically structuralist - grammar-based view of language
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
Theory of Learning: Audiolingual
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
3. Listen and repeat; respond to questions and commands; no control over content; make own statements questions later
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
4. Should try to lose themselves in activities involving meaningful communication
Theory of Language: Natural Approach
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
Learner Roles: Total Physical Response
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
5. Unique materials' colored rods; coded pronunciation and vocab charts
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
Activity Types: Communicative
Materials Roles: Silent Way
Learner Roles: Suggestopedia
6. Language is primarily speech; learning language involves culture
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
Activity types: Grammar Translation
Syllabus: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Language: Direct Method
7. Language is a rule governed system - hierarchically arranged
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
8. Communicate orally and think in L2 - students make direct association between meaning and L2
Objectives: Direct Method
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
Learner Roles: Direct Method
Theory of Learning: Audiolingual
9. Conventional - but memorization of whole meaningful text is recommended
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
Theory of Language: Suggestopedia
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
Syllabus: Silent Way
10. Use language meaningful to promote learning; activities involving real communication
Theory of Learning: Communicative
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
Objectives: Community Language Learning
Materials Roles: Situational Language Learning
11. Translation and memorization - learn about L2 by translating L2 to L1 and vice versa and by learning vocab and grammar of L2
Syllabus: Audiolingual
Syllabus: Suggestopedia
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
12. Textbooks; prepared passages and related grammar and vocab exercises
Material Roles: Grammar Translation
Theory of Language: Grammar Translation
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
13. Text - plays - dialogues drive T's demonstrations of their meanings; objects (realia) in class
Theory of Learning: Suggestopedia
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
Materials Roles: Direct Method
14. Literary passages to be translated; vocab and grammar based lessons based on passages
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
Activities: Suggestopedia
Objectives: Community Language Learning
Activity types: Grammar Translation
15. No specific objectives; near native mastery is goal
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
Objectives: Community Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
16. Act as model in presenting structures; lead drill practice; correct errors; test progress
Theory of Language: Natural Approach
Syllabus: Direct Method
Theory of Language: Direct Method
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
17. Initiatives - question and answer - role play; listening exercises while deeply relaxed
Activities: Suggestopedia
Activities: Silent Way
Materials Roles: Silent Way
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
18. Must teach - test - get out of way; remain impassive; resist temptation to model - assist - direct - or exhort
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
Theory of Learning: Audiolingual
Teacher Roles: Silent Way
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
19. Acquire vocab by speaking full sentences in L2; communication is purpose of language learning
Theory of Learning: Silent Way
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
Material Roles: Communcative
20. Translation; reading comp; memorization of vocab lists; identify synonyms - antonyms - cognates - deductive application of grammar rules
Learner Roles: Total Physical Response
Activities: Natural Approach
Activity Types: Communicative
Activity types: Grammar Translation
21. Memorization and habit forming
Materials Roles: Direct Method
Theory of Learning: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Language: Suggestopedia
Theory of Language: Natural Approach
22. Sentence-based with grammatical and lexical criteria being primary focus on meaning - not form
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
Materials Roles: Silent Way
23. Leaning involves whole person; social process of growth
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
Activity Types: Audiolingual
Theory of Learning: Community Language Learning
24. Facilator of communication process; needs analyst - counsellor; process manager
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
Theory of Learning: Silent Way
Teacher Roles: Suggestopedia
Teacher Roles: Communicative
25. Essence of language is meaning; vocab not grammar is heart of the language
Theory of Language: Natural Approach
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
Theory of Language: Silent Way
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
26. Learners as negotiator - interactor - giving & receiving information
Syllabus: Audiolingual
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
Theory of Language: Direct Method
Learner Roles: Communicative
27. Each language has unique rhythm and spirit; core structure and functional vocab are keys to spirit
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
Learner Roles: Total Physical Response
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Language: Silent Way
28. A list of structures and vocab - graded by grammatical complexity
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
Materials Roles: Silent Way
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
Syllabus: Situational Language Learning
29. Repetition; substitution drills; avoid translation and grammar explanation; students not allowed to make mistakes
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
Material Roles: Community Language Learning
Activities: Situational Language Learning
Objectives: Audiolingual
30. Use L2 exclusively; inductive grammar; much speaking - T to Ss and Ss to Ss; dictation
Teacher Roles: Suggestopedia
Activity Types: Direct Method
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
31. Create situations and present materials to encourage positive reception and retention; exude authority and confidence
Teacher Roles: Suggestopedia
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
Theory of Learning: Community Language Learning
32. Active and direct role - 'director' of stage play with students as actors
Syllabus: Audiolingual
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
Teacher Roles: Total Physical Response
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
33. Responsible for their own learning' must develop independence - autonomy and responsibility
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
Theory of Language: Natural Approach
Learner Roles: Silent Way
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
34. Dialogues & drills; repetition & memorization pattern practice
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
Learner Roles: Total Physical Response
Activities: Situational Language Learning
Activity Types: Audiolingual
35. Habit formation; skills learned more effectively if oral before written; analogy - not analysis
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
Theory of Learning: Audiolingual
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
36. Based on selection of communicative activities and topics derived from learners' needs
Activities: Suggestopedia
Learner Roles: Grammar Translation
Material Roles: Communcative
Syllabus: Natural Approach
37. Learners are members of a community; learning not an individual accomplishment - but is achieved collaboratively
Objectives: Community Language Learning
Learner Roles: Community Language Learning
Theory of Language: Natural Approach
Theory of Learning: Communicative
38. Graded syllabus of phonology - morphology & syntax; contrastive analysis
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
Theory of Language: Suggestopedia
Syllabus: Audiolingual
39. Innovative and conventional; translation - group work - recording - transcription - free conversation
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
Syllabus: Communicative
Activity Types: Community Language Learning
Materials Roles: Direct Method
40. Based on here and now - focus on meaning - not form; must allow for comprehensible input
Activity Types: Communicative
Activities: Natural Approach
Activity Types: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Suggestopedia
41. To be able to read literature in L2; translate L2 to L1 and vice versa; achieve proficiency in L2 reading and writing
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
Objectives: Grammar Translation
Objectives: Community Language Learning
Learner Roles: Grammar Translation
42. Listen and perform; little influence over content of learning
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
Learner Roles: Total Physical Response
Theory of Learning: Community Language Learning
Activities: Silent Way
43. Authentic & task based materials to promote communication
Material Roles: Communcative
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
Objectives: Communicative
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
44. Student respond to commands - questions - visual cues; encourage and shape oral responses; no grammar explanation or modeling
Activities: Silent Way
Theory of Language: Suggestopedia
Theory of Learning: Silent Way
Theory of Language: Natural Approach
45. Texts - tapes - classroom items and music; texts must have force and literary quality
Activity types: Grammar Translation
Theory of Learning: Suggestopedia
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
Material Roles: Communcative
46. L2 learning same as L1; comprehension before production; carry out commands and reduction of stress
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
Objectives: Community Language Learning
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
Theory of Learning: Total Physical Response
47. No basic text; initially use voice - gestures and action; later use materials and media
Activity Types: Audiolingual
Objectives: Communicative
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
Activity Types: Communicative
48. Objectives reflect needs of learners; include functional skills & linguistic objectives
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
Objectives: Communicative
Learner Roles: Communicative
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
49. Ten-unit courses consisting of 1 -200 word dialogues - graded by vocab and grammar
Syllabus: Suggestopedia
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
Objectives: Community Language Learning
50. Direct class activities; demonstrate - not explain or translate; give Ss choices to correct selves
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
Syllabus: Suggestopedia