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Language Teaching Methods
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Communicate orally and think in L2 - students make direct association between meaning and L2
Theory of Language: Natural Approach
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
Learner Roles: Direct Method
Objectives: Direct Method
2. Produce learners who can communicate orally - intelligibly uninhibitedly with native speakers
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
Activity types: Grammar Translation
Objectives: Total Physical Response
Activities: Silent Way
3. Must teach - test - get out of way; remain impassive; resist temptation to model - assist - direct - or exhort
Teacher Roles: Silent Way
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
Learner Roles: Communicative
4. Translation; reading comp; memorization of vocab lists; identify synonyms - antonyms - cognates - deductive application of grammar rules
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
Activity types: Grammar Translation
Syllabus: Communicative
Material Roles: Communcative
5. Innovative and conventional; translation - group work - recording - transcription - free conversation
Syllabus: Communicative
Theory of language: Communicative
Activity Types: Audiolingual
Activity Types: Community Language Learning
6. Objectives reflect needs of learners; include functional skills & linguistic objectives
Activity Types: Audiolingual
Learner Roles: Suggestopedia
Activity Types: Communicative
Objectives: Communicative
7. Language is a rule governed system - hierarchically arranged
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
Theory of Language: Direct Method
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual
Learner Roles: Suggestopedia
8. Information sharing; negotiation of meaning & interaction
Teacher Roles: Total Physical Response
Learner Roles: Suggestopedia
Activity Types: Communicative
Material Roles: Community Language Learning
9. Responsible for their own learning' must develop independence - autonomy and responsibility
Learner Roles: Silent Way
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
Objectives: Communicative
10. L2 learning same as L1; comprehension before production; carry out commands and reduction of stress
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual
Theory of Language: Silent Way
Theory of Learning: Total Physical Response
Learner Roles: Communicative
11. To be able to read literature in L2; translate L2 to L1 and vice versa; achieve proficiency in L2 reading and writing
Syllabus: Situational Language Learning
Activity Types: Audiolingual
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
Objectives: Grammar Translation
12. Language is primarily speech; learning language involves culture
Theory of Language: Direct Method
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
13. Central & active teacher centered method; provides model - controls direction & pace
Activities: Suggestopedia
Activities: Silent Way
Activities: Situational Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual
14. Based on structure- grammar and vocab; items introduced by grammatical complexity
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
Learner Roles: Grammar Translation
Syllabus: Suggestopedia
Syllabus: Silent Way
15. Listen and perform; little influence over content of learning
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
Teacher Roles: Suggestopedia
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
Learner Roles: Total Physical Response
16. A list of structures and vocab - graded by grammatical complexity
Syllabus: Situational Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
Teacher Roles: Communicative
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
17. Structures - functions - notions - themes & tasks; order based on learners' needs
Materials Roles: Situational Language Learning
Learner Roles: Silent Way
Syllabus: Communicative
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
18. Unique materials' colored rods; coded pronunciation and vocab charts
Activities: Total Physical Response
Material Roles: Community Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Communicative
Materials Roles: Silent Way
19. Literary passages to be translated; vocab and grammar based lessons based on passages
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
Theory of Learning: Community Language Learning
Theory of Language: Direct Method
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
20. Learners are members of a community; learning not an individual accomplishment - but is achieved collaboratively
Learner Roles: Suggestopedia
Learner Roles: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Situational Language Learning
Objectives: Community Language Learning
21. Text - plays - dialogues drive T's demonstrations of their meanings; objects (realia) in class
Learner Roles: Silent Way
Syllabus: Suggestopedia
Materials Roles: Direct Method
Activities: Situational Language Learning
22. Counselling and parent analogy; provide safe environment for students to learn and grow
Theory of Learning: Silent Way
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
Activities: Natural Approach
23. Each language has unique rhythm and spirit; core structure and functional vocab are keys to spirit
Theory of Language: Silent Way
Learner Roles: Communicative
Theory of Learning: Audiolingual
Learner Roles: Total Physical Response
24. Authentic & task based materials to promote communication
Activity Types: Audiolingual
Material Roles: Communcative
Objectives: Grammar Translation
Objectives: Total Physical Response
25. Answer and ask questions - use L2 and communicate as if in real situations
Theory of Learning: Communicative
Activities: Silent Way
Theory of Language: Natural Approach
Learner Roles: Direct Method
26. Learning cannot lead to acquisition; learning- a conscious process; acquisition- a natural - subconscious process
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
Activities: Suggestopedia
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
27. No set syllabus; syllabus comes from learners' intentions and teachers reformulations
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Audiolingual
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
Activities: Suggestopedia
28. Read and write; no control over content; memorize; answer-usually written
Learner Roles: Grammar Translation
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Learner Roles: Communicative
Materials Roles: Direct Method
29. Based on here and now - focus on meaning - not form; must allow for comprehensible input
Learner Roles: Direct Method
Materials Roles: Direct Method
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
Activities: Natural Approach
30. Use language meaningful to promote learning; activities involving real communication
Theory of Learning: Communicative
Learner Roles: Communicative
Learner Roles: Direct Method
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
31. Essence of language is meaning; vocab not grammar is heart of the language
Theory of Language: Natural Approach
Activity types: Grammar Translation
Objectives: Total Physical Response
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
32. Dialogues & drills; repetition & memorization pattern practice
Theory of Learning: Audiolingual
Activity Types: Audiolingual
Activities: Suggestopedia
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
33. Leaning L2 and L1 different; L2 learning is intellectual; feel music of language; silent awareness - then active trial
Materials Roles: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Language: Suggestopedia
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Silent Way
34. Graded syllabus of phonology - morphology & syntax; contrastive analysis
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
Theory of language: Communicative
Syllabus: Audiolingual
Activity Types: Community Language Learning
35. Based on situations and topics - not usually linguistic
Syllabus: Direct Method
Activity Types: Direct Method
Teacher Roles: Silent Way
Learner Roles: Communicative
36. Active and direct role - 'director' of stage play with students as actors
Activity Types: Direct Method
Teacher Roles: Total Physical Response
Materials Roles: Situational Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
37. Initiatives - question and answer - role play; listening exercises while deeply relaxed
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
Syllabus: Suggestopedia
Activities: Suggestopedia
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
38. Imperative drills to elicit physical actions
Objectives: Audiolingual
Objectives: Total Physical Response
Activities: Total Physical Response
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
39. Conventional - but memorization of whole meaningful text is recommended
Objectives: Communicative
Syllabus: Communicative
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
Theory of Language: Suggestopedia
40. Language is a set of structures related to situations
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
Materials Roles: Situational Language Learning
Activity Types: Audiolingual
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
41. Maintain passive state; allow materials to work on them
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
Learner Roles: Suggestopedia
Material Roles: Community Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual
42. Realia rather than textbooks; aim is to promote comprehension and communication
Theory of Language: Direct Method
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
Activities: Situational Language Learning
Objectives: Community Language Learning
43. No specific objectives; near native mastery is goal
Theory of language: Communicative
Objectives: Community Language Learning
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
Syllabus: Communicative
44. Control of structures of sound; form & order; mastery over symbols of L2; native speaker mastery
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
Activity Types: Communicative
Objectives: Audiolingual
Materials Roles: Silent Way
45. Main source of comprehensible input; must create positive; low-anxiety climate; lead rich mixture of activities
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
Theory of Learning: Silent Way
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
46. Language is a system for expression of meaning; primary function is interaction & communication
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
Theory of language: Communicative
Materials Roles: Direct Method
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
47. Learners as negotiator - interactor - giving & receiving information
Materials Roles: Direct Method
Theory of language: Communicative
Theory of Learning: Audiolingual
Learner Roles: Communicative
48. Authority; has all control; corrects students; assign tasks to be memorized
Objectives: Audiolingual
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
Objectives: Community Language Learning
Theory of Language: Grammar Translation
49. Act as model in presenting structures; lead drill practice; correct errors; test progress
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
Objectives: Grammar Translation
Objectives: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Audiolingual
50. Facilator of communication process; needs analyst - counsellor; process manager
Objectives: Total Physical Response
Teacher Roles: Communicative
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
Syllabus: Community Language Learning