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Language Teaching Methods
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Text - plays - dialogues drive T's demonstrations of their meanings; objects (realia) in class
Materials Roles: Direct Method
Theory of Language: Direct Method
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
2. Learners are members of a community; learning not an individual accomplishment - but is achieved collaboratively
Learner Roles: Community Language Learning
Material Roles: Grammar Translation
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
Syllabus: Silent Way
3. Basically structuralist - grammar-based view of language
Activity Types: Direct Method
Syllabus: Communicative
Material Roles: Grammar Translation
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
4. Acquire vocab by speaking full sentences in L2; communication is purpose of language learning
Syllabus: Communicative
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
Theory of Learning: Silent Way
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
5. Direct class activities; demonstrate - not explain or translate; give Ss choices to correct selves
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
Syllabus: Suggestopedia
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
6. Ten-unit courses consisting of 1 -200 word dialogues - graded by vocab and grammar
Syllabus: Suggestopedia
Theory of language: Communicative
Teacher Roles: Suggestopedia
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
7. To be able to read literature in L2; translate L2 to L1 and vice versa; achieve proficiency in L2 reading and writing
Syllabus: Suggestopedia
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
Theory of Language: Suggestopedia
Objectives: Grammar Translation
8. No set syllabus; syllabus comes from learners' intentions and teachers reformulations
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
Theory of language: Communicative
9. Based on situations and topics - not usually linguistic
Syllabus: Direct Method
Syllabus: Silent Way
Materials Roles: Direct Method
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
10. Facilator of communication process; needs analyst - counsellor; process manager
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
Theory of Learning: Suggestopedia
Teacher Roles: Communicative
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
11. Language is a set of structures related to situations
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
Learner Roles: Communicative
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
12. Answer and ask questions - use L2 and communicate as if in real situations
Syllabus: Direct Method
Material Roles: Grammar Translation
Learner Roles: Direct Method
Activities: Suggestopedia
13. Based on selection of communicative activities and topics derived from learners' needs
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
Syllabus: Suggestopedia
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
14. Repetition; substitution drills; avoid translation and grammar explanation; students not allowed to make mistakes
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
Activities: Situational Language Learning
Materials Roles: Silent Way
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
15. Create situations and present materials to encourage positive reception and retention; exude authority and confidence
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
Teacher Roles: Suggestopedia
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
16. Control of structures of sound; form & order; mastery over symbols of L2; native speaker mastery
Material Roles: Communcative
Materials Roles: Silent Way
Objectives: Audiolingual
Theory of Learning: Suggestopedia
17. Listen and repeat; respond to questions and commands; no control over content; make own statements questions later
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual
Learner Roles: Community Language Learning
18. Each language has unique rhythm and spirit; core structure and functional vocab are keys to spirit
Activities: Natural Approach
Theory of Language: Silent Way
Theory of Language: Grammar Translation
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
19. Dialogues & drills; repetition & memorization pattern practice
Activity Types: Direct Method
Activity Types: Audiolingual
Syllabus: Silent Way
Theory of Learning: Silent Way
20. Teacher oriented; tapes & visuals; language lab often used
Theory of Learning: Total Physical Response
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
Activities: Silent Way
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
21. Initiatives - question and answer - role play; listening exercises while deeply relaxed
Material Roles: Grammar Translation
Activities: Suggestopedia
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
22. L2 learning same as L1; comprehension before production; carry out commands and reduction of stress
Theory of Language: Silent Way
Syllabus: Communicative
Activity Types: Direct Method
Theory of Learning: Total Physical Response
23. Authority; has all control; corrects students; assign tasks to be memorized
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
Teacher Roles: Communicative
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
24. A list of structures and vocab - graded by grammatical complexity
Syllabus: Situational Language Learning
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
Theory of Learning: Silent Way
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
25. Must teach - test - get out of way; remain impassive; resist temptation to model - assist - direct - or exhort
Teacher Roles: Silent Way
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
Theory of Language: Direct Method
26. Main source of comprehensible input; must create positive; low-anxiety climate; lead rich mixture of activities
Teacher Roles: Silent Way
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
27. Translation and memorization - learn about L2 by translating L2 to L1 and vice versa and by learning vocab and grammar of L2
Objectives: Community Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
Material Roles: Community Language Learning
28. Literary passages to be translated; vocab and grammar based lessons based on passages
Theory of Language: Direct Method
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
29. Texts - tapes - classroom items and music; texts must have force and literary quality
Theory of Learning: Audiolingual
Material Roles: Communcative
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
Activities: Suggestopedia
30. Act as model in presenting structures; lead drill practice; correct errors; test progress
Objectives: Community Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
Theory of language: Communicative
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
31. Listen and perform; little influence over content of learning
Learner Roles: Total Physical Response
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
32. Learning occurs through suggestion - when learners are in deeply relaxed state; baroque music used to induce state
Activities: Total Physical Response
Theory of Learning: Community Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Suggestopedia
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
33. No basic text; initially use voice - gestures and action; later use materials and media
Learner Roles: Direct Method
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
Objectives: Direct Method
34. Use L2 exclusively; inductive grammar; much speaking - T to Ss and Ss to Ss; dictation
Activity Types: Direct Method
Material Roles: Communcative
Materials Roles: Situational Language Learning
Activities: Suggestopedia
35. Learners are directed by skilled training techniques to produce correct response
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
Syllabus: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Audiolingual
36. Leaning involves whole person; social process of growth
Learner Roles: Communicative
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Community Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
37. Unique materials' colored rods; coded pronunciation and vocab charts
Activities: Silent Way
Theory of Language: Silent Way
Materials Roles: Silent Way
Theory of Language: Suggestopedia
38. No specific objectives; near native mastery is goal
Theory of Learning: Total Physical Response
Theory of Language: Grammar Translation
Objectives: Community Language Learning
Material Roles: Communcative
39. Translation; reading comp; memorization of vocab lists; identify synonyms - antonyms - cognates - deductive application of grammar rules
Activity types: Grammar Translation
Objectives: Direct Method
Learner Roles: Community Language Learning
Objectives: Grammar Translation
40. Language is primarily speech; learning language involves culture
Learner Roles: Community Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Communicative
Activity Types: Direct Method
Theory of Language: Direct Method
41. Should try to lose themselves in activities involving meaningful communication
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
Teacher Roles: Silent Way
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
Objectives: Community Language Learning
42. Textbooks; prepared passages and related grammar and vocab exercises
Theory of Learning: Communicative
Material Roles: Grammar Translation
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
Theory of Learning: Silent Way
43. Graded syllabus of phonology - morphology & syntax; contrastive analysis
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
Teacher Roles: Silent Way
Theory of Learning: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Audiolingual
44. Language is a rule governed system - hierarchically arranged
Teacher Roles: Communicative
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
Objectives: Audiolingual
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
45. Read and write; no control over content; memorize; answer-usually written
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
Learner Roles: Total Physical Response
Learner Roles: Grammar Translation
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
46. Authentic & task based materials to promote communication
Material Roles: Communcative
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
47. Maintain passive state; allow materials to work on them
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual
Learner Roles: Suggestopedia
Theory of Language: Suggestopedia
Theory of Learning: Community Language Learning
48. Sentence-based with grammatical and lexical criteria being primary focus on meaning - not form
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
Activities: Suggestopedia
Theory of Language: Grammar Translation
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
49. Counselling and parent analogy; provide safe environment for students to learn and grow
Theory of Learning: Situational Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Communicative
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
50. Learning cannot lead to acquisition; learning- a conscious process; acquisition- a natural - subconscious process
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
Objectives: Direct Method
Theory of Learning: Total Physical Response
Teacher Roles: Suggestopedia