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Language Teaching Methods

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1. Translation; reading comp; memorization of vocab lists; identify synonyms - antonyms - cognates - deductive application of grammar rules






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






3. Active and direct role - 'director' of stage play with students as actors






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






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






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






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






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






9. Main source of comprehensible input; must create positive; low-anxiety climate; lead rich mixture of activities






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






11. Basically structuralist - grammar-based view of language






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






13. Structures - functions - notions - themes & tasks; order based on learners' needs






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






15. No basic text; initially use voice - gestures and action; later use materials and media






16. Use L2 exclusively; inductive grammar; much speaking - T to Ss and Ss to Ss; dictation






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






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






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






20. Based on structure- grammar and vocab; items introduced by grammatical complexity






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






22. Initiatives - question and answer - role play; listening exercises while deeply relaxed






23. Language is primarily speech; learning language involves culture






24. Control of structures of sound; form & order; mastery over symbols of L2; native speaker mastery






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






26. Imperative drills to elicit physical actions






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






28. Information sharing; negotiation of meaning & interaction






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Leaning involves whole person; social process of growth






36. Relies on text and visual aids; test is tightly organized - has structurally graded lessons






37. No textbook; materials developed as course progresses






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






39. Text - plays - dialogues drive T's demonstrations of their meanings; objects (realia) in class






40. Based on situations and topics - not usually linguistic






41. Memorization and habit forming






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






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






44. Produce learners who can communicate orally - intelligibly uninhibitedly with native speakers






45. Language is a set of structures related to situations






46. Language is a rule governed system - hierarchically arranged






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






48. Dialogues & drills; repetition & memorization pattern practice






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






50. Learning cannot lead to acquisition; learning- a conscious process; acquisition- a natural - subconscious process







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