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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. Main source of comprehensible input; must create positive; low-anxiety climate; lead rich mixture of activities
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
Syllabus: Communicative
Learner Roles: Silent Way
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
2. Literary language is superior to spoken language
Activities: Natural Approach
Theory of Language: Grammar Translation
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Total Physical Response
3. Control of structures of sound; form & order; mastery over symbols of L2; native speaker mastery
Materials Roles: Direct Method
Objectives: Audiolingual
Learner Roles: Community Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Audiolingual
4. Use language meaningful to promote learning; activities involving real communication
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
Materials Roles: Direct Method
Theory of Learning: Community Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Communicative
5. Texts - tapes - classroom items and music; texts must have force and literary quality
Learner Roles: Grammar Translation
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
Teacher Roles: Total Physical Response
Activities: Total Physical Response
6. Essence of language is meaning; vocab not grammar is heart of the language
Theory of Language: Natural Approach
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
7. Leaning involves whole person; social process of growth
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual
Theory of Learning: Community Language Learning
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
8. Direct class activities; demonstrate - not explain or translate; give Ss choices to correct selves
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
Syllabus: Direct Method
Teacher Roles: Silent Way
9. Graded syllabus of phonology - morphology & syntax; contrastive analysis
Syllabus: Audiolingual
Materials Roles: Silent Way
Activities: Suggestopedia
Theory of Learning: Audiolingual
10. No basic text; initially use voice - gestures and action; later use materials and media
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Learner Roles: Communicative
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
11. Repetition; substitution drills; avoid translation and grammar explanation; students not allowed to make mistakes
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
Activities: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
Objectives: Total Physical Response
12. Translation; reading comp; memorization of vocab lists; identify synonyms - antonyms - cognates - deductive application of grammar rules
Activities: Natural Approach
Activity types: Grammar Translation
Syllabus: Direct Method
Syllabus: Communicative
13. No set syllabus; syllabus comes from learners' intentions and teachers reformulations
Objectives: Audiolingual
Theory of Language: Grammar Translation
Theory of Language: Silent Way
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
14. Produce learners who can communicate orally - intelligibly uninhibitedly with native speakers
Syllabus: Audiolingual
Objectives: Communicative
Objectives: Total Physical Response
Activities: Situational Language Learning
15. 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: Silent Way
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
Objectives: Audiolingual
Learner Roles: Total Physical Response
16. Acquire vocab by speaking full sentences in L2; communication is purpose of language learning
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
Activities: Situational Language Learning
Activities: Natural Approach
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
17. Memorization and habit forming
Objectives: Communicative
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Situational Language Learning
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
18. Learners as negotiator - interactor - giving & receiving information
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
Objectives: Total Physical Response
Learner Roles: Communicative
Activity types: Grammar Translation
19. Initiatives - question and answer - role play; listening exercises while deeply relaxed
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
Activities: Suggestopedia
Objectives: Total Physical Response
Theory of language: Communicative
20. Language is a rule governed system - hierarchically arranged
Teacher Roles: Suggestopedia
Learner Roles: Total Physical Response
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
Theory of Language: Grammar Translation
21. Responsible for their own learning' must develop independence - autonomy and responsibility
Theory of language: Communicative
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
Learner Roles: Silent Way
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
22. Based on situations and topics - not usually linguistic
Theory of language: Communicative
Materials Roles: Silent Way
Activities: Suggestopedia
Syllabus: Direct Method
23. Authority; has all control; corrects students; assign tasks to be memorized
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
Syllabus: Communicative
Teacher Roles: Total Physical Response
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
24. Basically structuralist - grammar-based view of language
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
Materials Roles: Situational Language Learning
25. Create situations and present materials to encourage positive reception and retention; exude authority and confidence
Activities: Situational Language Learning
Activities: Total Physical Response
Teacher Roles: Suggestopedia
Theory of Learning: Silent Way
26. Language is a system for expression of meaning; primary function is interaction & communication
Activity Types: Communicative
Objectives: Communicative
Theory of language: Communicative
Activity Types: Community Language Learning
27. Language involved whole person and culture; educational - developmental - communicative process
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
Materials Roles: Direct Method
Material Roles: Communcative
Teacher Roles: Silent Way
28. Language is a set of structures related to situations
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Language: Suggestopedia
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
29. Dialogues & drills; repetition & memorization pattern practice
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
Theory of Learning: Suggestopedia
Objectives: Direct Method
Activity Types: Audiolingual
30. Based on structure- grammar and vocab; items introduced by grammatical complexity
Syllabus: Silent Way
Theory of language: Communicative
Material Roles: Community Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
31. Based on selection of communicative activities and topics derived from learners' needs
Objectives: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Material Roles: Communcative
Learner Roles: Suggestopedia
32. Objectives reflect needs of learners; include functional skills & linguistic objectives
Theory of Learning: Silent Way
Objectives: Communicative
Teacher Roles: Silent Way
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
33. Listen and perform; little influence over content of learning
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
Learner Roles: Total Physical Response
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
34. Relies on text and visual aids; test is tightly organized - has structurally graded lessons
Activity Types: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Audiolingual
Materials Roles: Situational Language Learning
Material Roles: Grammar Translation
35. Information sharing; negotiation of meaning & interaction
Learner Roles: Community Language Learning
Activity Types: Communicative
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
Learner Roles: Communicative
36. Innovative and conventional; translation - group work - recording - transcription - free conversation
Activities: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Language: Grammar Translation
Teacher Roles: Suggestopedia
Activity Types: Community Language Learning
37. No specific objectives; near native mastery is goal
Materials Roles: Silent Way
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
Objectives: Community Language Learning
38. Learning cannot lead to acquisition; learning- a conscious process; acquisition- a natural - subconscious process
Activity Types: Audiolingual
Theory of Language: Suggestopedia
Activity Types: Direct Method
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
39. L2 learning same as L1; comprehension before production; carry out commands and reduction of stress
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
Activities: Total Physical Response
Materials Roles: Direct Method
Theory of Learning: Total Physical Response
40. Learners are directed by skilled training techniques to produce correct response
Theory of Language: Direct Method
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
Objectives: Direct Method
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual
41. Communicate orally and think in L2 - students make direct association between meaning and L2
Learner Roles: Direct Method
Objectives: Direct Method
Syllabus: Direct Method
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
42. Textbooks; prepared passages and related grammar and vocab exercises
Material Roles: Community Language Learning
Material Roles: Grammar Translation
Activity Types: Direct Method
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
43. Sentence-based with grammatical and lexical criteria being primary focus on meaning - not form
Activity types: Grammar Translation
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
Objectives: Direct Method
44. Answer and ask questions - use L2 and communicate as if in real situations
Syllabus: Situational Language Learning
Learner Roles: Direct Method
Activity types: Grammar Translation
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
45. No textbook; materials developed as course progresses
Material Roles: Community Language Learning
Learner Roles: Grammar Translation
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
46. Text - plays - dialogues drive T's demonstrations of their meanings; objects (realia) in class
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
Learner Roles: Silent Way
Materials Roles: Direct Method
Syllabus: Audiolingual
47. Conventional - but memorization of whole meaningful text is recommended
Theory of Language: Suggestopedia
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
Syllabus: Communicative
48. Listen and repeat; respond to questions and commands; no control over content; make own statements questions later
Learner Roles: Grammar Translation
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
Teacher Roles: Suggestopedia
49. Maintain passive state; allow materials to work on them
Materials Roles: Direct Method
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
Learner Roles: Silent Way
Learner Roles: Suggestopedia
50. Use L2 exclusively; inductive grammar; much speaking - T to Ss and Ss to Ss; dictation
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
Learner Roles: Community Language Learning
Activity Types: Direct Method
Material Roles: Community Language Learning