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Language Teaching Methods
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Objectives reflect needs of learners; include functional skills & linguistic objectives
Theory of Learning: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Language: Suggestopedia
Objectives: Communicative
Activity Types: Community Language Learning
2. Listen and repeat; respond to questions and commands; no control over content; make own statements questions later
Theory of Learning: Situational Language Learning
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
Activity Types: Direct Method
Theory of Learning: Total Physical Response
3. Control of structures of sound; form & order; mastery over symbols of L2; native speaker mastery
Objectives: Grammar Translation
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
Teacher Roles: Communicative
Objectives: Audiolingual
4. No textbook; materials developed as course progresses
Learner Roles: Communicative
Materials Roles: Direct Method
Teacher Roles: Total Physical Response
Material Roles: Community Language Learning
5. L2 learning same as L1; comprehension before production; carry out commands and reduction of stress
Theory of Learning: Total Physical Response
Theory of Language: Suggestopedia
Learner Roles: Grammar Translation
Theory of Learning: Communicative
6. 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: Grammar Translation
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
7. Based on here and now - focus on meaning - not form; must allow for comprehensible input
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
Activities: Natural Approach
Activity Types: Communicative
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
8. Responsible for their own learning' must develop independence - autonomy and responsibility
Syllabus: Communicative
Learner Roles: Silent Way
Activities: Total Physical Response
Objectives: Communicative
9. Unique materials' colored rods; coded pronunciation and vocab charts
Learner Roles: Direct Method
Activities: Natural Approach
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
Materials Roles: Silent Way
10. Initiatives - question and answer - role play; listening exercises while deeply relaxed
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
Activities: Suggestopedia
Theory of Language: Silent Way
Objectives: Audiolingual
11. Literary passages to be translated; vocab and grammar based lessons based on passages
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
Learner Roles: Communicative
Material Roles: Communcative
Materials Roles: Situational Language Learning
12. Read and write; no control over content; memorize; answer-usually written
Syllabus: Silent Way
Objectives: Communicative
Activity types: Grammar Translation
Learner Roles: Grammar Translation
13. Learners are members of a community; learning not an individual accomplishment - but is achieved collaboratively
Learner Roles: Community Language Learning
Objectives: Direct Method
Syllabus: Audiolingual
Teacher Roles: Suggestopedia
14. Language involved whole person and culture; educational - developmental - communicative process
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Audiolingual
Theory of language: Communicative
Theory of Learning: Situational Language Learning
15. Acquire vocab by speaking full sentences in L2; communication is purpose of language learning
Learner Roles: Silent Way
Teacher Roles: Suggestopedia
Learner Roles: Communicative
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
16. Innovative and conventional; translation - group work - recording - transcription - free conversation
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Materials Roles: Silent Way
Activity Types: Community Language Learning
17. Create situations and present materials to encourage positive reception and retention; exude authority and confidence
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
Activity Types: Audiolingual
Theory of Language: Suggestopedia
Teacher Roles: Suggestopedia
18. Language is primarily speech; learning language involves culture
Activities: Silent Way
Theory of Language: Direct Method
Material Roles: Communcative
Teacher Roles: Communicative
19. A list of structures and vocab - graded by grammatical complexity
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual
Learner Roles: Communicative
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
Syllabus: Situational Language Learning
20. Language is a rule governed system - hierarchically arranged
Theory of Learning: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Objectives: Grammar Translation
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
21. Based on structure- grammar and vocab; items introduced by grammatical complexity
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Syllabus: Suggestopedia
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
Syllabus: Silent Way
22. Act as model in presenting structures; lead drill practice; correct errors; test progress
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
Learner Roles: Grammar Translation
23. Based on situations and topics - not usually linguistic
Syllabus: Direct Method
Theory of Learning: Situational Language Learning
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
Objectives: Direct Method
24. Dialogues & drills; repetition & memorization pattern practice
Objectives: Audiolingual
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
Activity Types: Audiolingual
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual
25. Leaning involves whole person; social process of growth
Activity Types: Direct Method
Learner Roles: Communicative
Syllabus: Direct Method
Theory of Learning: Community Language Learning
26. Use L2 exclusively; inductive grammar; much speaking - T to Ss and Ss to Ss; dictation
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Suggestopedia
Activity Types: Direct Method
Teacher Roles: Silent Way
27. Counselling and parent analogy; provide safe environment for students to learn and grow
Objectives: Community Language Learning
Objectives: Communicative
Activities: Natural Approach
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
28. Language is a system for expression of meaning; primary function is interaction & communication
Theory of Learning: Silent Way
Material Roles: Grammar Translation
Theory of language: Communicative
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
29. Textbooks; prepared passages and related grammar and vocab exercises
Teacher Roles: Total Physical Response
Learner Roles: Grammar Translation
Material Roles: Grammar Translation
Syllabus: Natural Approach
30. Literary language is superior to spoken language
Theory of Language: Grammar Translation
Theory of Language: Natural Approach
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
31. No set syllabus; syllabus comes from learners' intentions and teachers reformulations
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
Theory of Language: Suggestopedia
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
Syllabus: Suggestopedia
32. Information sharing; negotiation of meaning & interaction
Objectives: Audiolingual
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
Activity Types: Communicative
Syllabus: Situational Language Learning
33. Direct class activities; demonstrate - not explain or translate; give Ss choices to correct selves
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
Activity Types: Community Language Learning
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
Theory of Learning: Total Physical Response
34. Authority; has all control; corrects students; assign tasks to be memorized
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
Materials Roles: Silent Way
Activities: Natural Approach
Activity Types: Communicative
35. Listen and perform; little influence over content of learning
Learner Roles: Total Physical Response
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Audiolingual
36. Communicate orally and think in L2 - students make direct association between meaning and L2
Objectives: Direct Method
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
Theory of Language: Grammar Translation
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
37. Must teach - test - get out of way; remain impassive; resist temptation to model - assist - direct - or exhort
Teacher Roles: Silent Way
Teacher Roles: Communicative
Theory of Learning: Community Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
38. Language is a set of structures related to situations
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
Learner Roles: Silent Way
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
39. Repetition; substitution drills; avoid translation and grammar explanation; students not allowed to make mistakes
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
Activities: Situational Language Learning
Learner Roles: Community Language Learning
Material Roles: Grammar Translation
40. Imperative drills to elicit physical actions
Materials Roles: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
Learner Roles: Suggestopedia
Activities: Total Physical Response
41. To be able to read literature in L2; translate L2 to L1 and vice versa; achieve proficiency in L2 reading and writing
Material Roles: Communcative
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
Objectives: Grammar Translation
Teacher Roles: Silent Way
42. Active and direct role - 'director' of stage play with students as actors
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
Theory of language: Communicative
Teacher Roles: Silent Way
Teacher Roles: Total Physical Response
43. Central & active teacher centered method; provides model - controls direction & pace
Theory of Language: Natural Approach
Materials Roles: Silent Way
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual
Theory of Language: Suggestopedia
44. Learning occurs through suggestion - when learners are in deeply relaxed state; baroque music used to induce state
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Theory of Learning: Suggestopedia
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
45. Memorization and habit forming
Learner Roles: Suggestopedia
Theory of Learning: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
46. Ten-unit courses consisting of 1 -200 word dialogues - graded by vocab and grammar
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
Objectives: Total Physical Response
Learner Roles: Total Physical Response
Syllabus: Suggestopedia
47. Translation; reading comp; memorization of vocab lists; identify synonyms - antonyms - cognates - deductive application of grammar rules
Learner Roles: Communicative
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
Activity types: Grammar Translation
48. Essence of language is meaning; vocab not grammar is heart of the language
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
Theory of Language: Natural Approach
49. Conventional - but memorization of whole meaningful text is recommended
Objectives: Total Physical Response
Activities: Suggestopedia
Theory of Language: Suggestopedia
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
50. Answer and ask questions - use L2 and communicate as if in real situations
Learner Roles: Direct Method
Activities: Silent Way
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
Theory of Language: Direct Method