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Language Teaching Methods
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Literary passages to be translated; vocab and grammar based lessons based on passages
Objectives: Audiolingual
Theory of Language: Silent Way
Syllabus: Direct Method
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
2. Leaning involves whole person; social process of growth
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
Activities: Natural Approach
Theory of Learning: Community Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Situational Language Learning
3. Authority; has all control; corrects students; assign tasks to be memorized
Learner Roles: Direct Method
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
4. Learning occurs through suggestion - when learners are in deeply relaxed state; baroque music used to induce state
Materials Roles: Silent Way
Theory of Learning: Suggestopedia
Activity Types: Direct Method
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
5. Based on selection of communicative activities and topics derived from learners' needs
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
Learner Roles: Silent Way
6. Language is a set of structures related to situations
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
Theory of Learning: Community Language Learning
Theory of Language: Silent Way
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
7. Learners as negotiator - interactor - giving & receiving information
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
Learner Roles: Communicative
Activities: Total Physical Response
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
8. Must teach - test - get out of way; remain impassive; resist temptation to model - assist - direct - or exhort
Materials Roles: Situational Language Learning
Activity Types: Direct Method
Teacher Roles: Silent Way
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
9. Authentic & task based materials to promote communication
Material Roles: Communcative
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Language: Silent Way
Theory of Learning: Total Physical Response
10. Translation; reading comp; memorization of vocab lists; identify synonyms - antonyms - cognates - deductive application of grammar rules
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
Objectives: Direct Method
Activity types: Grammar Translation
Activities: Situational Language Learning
11. Graded syllabus of phonology - morphology & syntax; contrastive analysis
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
Syllabus: Audiolingual
Materials Roles: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Language: Grammar Translation
12. Dialogues & drills; repetition & memorization pattern practice
Teacher Roles: Silent Way
Theory of Learning: Silent Way
Activity Types: Audiolingual
Theory of Language: Suggestopedia
13. Control of structures of sound; form & order; mastery over symbols of L2; native speaker mastery
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
Syllabus: Silent Way
Objectives: Audiolingual
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
14. Main source of comprehensible input; must create positive; low-anxiety climate; lead rich mixture of activities
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
Learner Roles: Communicative
Syllabus: Natural Approach
15. Each language has unique rhythm and spirit; core structure and functional vocab are keys to spirit
Teacher Roles: Communicative
Theory of Language: Silent Way
Learner Roles: Grammar Translation
Theory of Learning: Audiolingual
16. Repetition; substitution drills; avoid translation and grammar explanation; students not allowed to make mistakes
Activities: Situational Language Learning
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
Activities: Total Physical Response
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
17. Habit formation; skills learned more effectively if oral before written; analogy - not analysis
Theory of Learning: Community Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Audiolingual
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual
Theory of Learning: Silent Way
18. Answer and ask questions - use L2 and communicate as if in real situations
Learner Roles: Direct Method
Teacher Roles: Communicative
Activity Types: Communicative
Syllabus: Direct Method
19. Use language meaningful to promote learning; activities involving real communication
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
Theory of Learning: Communicative
Learner Roles: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Suggestopedia
20. Student respond to commands - questions - visual cues; encourage and shape oral responses; no grammar explanation or modeling
Syllabus: Situational Language Learning
Activities: Silent Way
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
21. Innovative and conventional; translation - group work - recording - transcription - free conversation
Learner Roles: Total Physical Response
Activity Types: Community Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
Theory of Language: Direct Method
22. No basic text; initially use voice - gestures and action; later use materials and media
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
Syllabus: Direct Method
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
23. Basically structuralist - grammar-based view of language
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
Learner Roles: Direct Method
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Objectives: Communicative
24. Objectives reflect needs of learners; include functional skills & linguistic objectives
Objectives: Communicative
Activities: Natural Approach
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
Activities: Situational Language Learning
25. Imperative drills to elicit physical actions
Syllabus: Direct Method
Materials Roles: Direct Method
Learner Roles: Direct Method
Activities: Total Physical Response
26. Should try to lose themselves in activities involving meaningful communication
Syllabus: Situational Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
27. Language is a rule governed system - hierarchically arranged
Materials Roles: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
Activities: Total Physical Response
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
28. Active and direct role - 'director' of stage play with students as actors
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual
Teacher Roles: Total Physical Response
Objectives: Communicative
Syllabus: Situational Language Learning
29. Listen and repeat; respond to questions and commands; no control over content; make own statements questions later
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
Theory of Language: Natural Approach
Syllabus: Suggestopedia
30. Communicate orally and think in L2 - students make direct association between meaning and L2
Materials Roles: Situational Language Learning
Objectives: Communicative
Syllabus: Direct Method
Objectives: Direct Method
31. Unique materials' colored rods; coded pronunciation and vocab charts
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
Materials Roles: Silent Way
Objectives: Direct Method
32. Initiatives - question and answer - role play; listening exercises while deeply relaxed
Activity Types: Direct Method
Materials Roles: Direct Method
Activities: Suggestopedia
Learner Roles: Communicative
33. Learners are directed by skilled training techniques to produce correct response
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
Learner Roles: Communicative
Objectives: Total Physical Response
34. 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: Audiolingual
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
Theory of Learning: Suggestopedia
35. Memorization and habit forming
Material Roles: Grammar Translation
Teacher Roles: Total Physical Response
Theory of Learning: Situational Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Communicative
36. Language is primarily speech; learning language involves culture
Activity Types: Community Language Learning
Theory of Language: Direct Method
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
Theory of Learning: Silent Way
37. Counselling and parent analogy; provide safe environment for students to learn and grow
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
Objectives: Grammar Translation
Syllabus: Silent Way
38. Read and write; no control over content; memorize; answer-usually written
Learner Roles: Grammar Translation
Activity Types: Communicative
Activity Types: Audiolingual
Theory of Learning: Total Physical Response
39. Ten-unit courses consisting of 1 -200 word dialogues - graded by vocab and grammar
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Direct Method
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
Syllabus: Suggestopedia
40. Teacher oriented; tapes & visuals; language lab often used
Teacher Roles: Silent Way
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
Activities: Natural Approach
41. Central & active teacher centered method; provides model - controls direction & pace
Learner Roles: Total Physical Response
Theory of Language: Silent Way
Syllabus: Situational Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual
42. Text - plays - dialogues drive T's demonstrations of their meanings; objects (realia) in class
Activities: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Suggestopedia
Material Roles: Grammar Translation
Materials Roles: Direct Method
43. No specific objectives; near native mastery is goal
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Activities: Suggestopedia
Learner Roles: Community Language Learning
Objectives: Community Language Learning
44. Produce learners who can communicate orally - intelligibly uninhibitedly with native speakers
Theory of Learning: Community Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
Objectives: Total Physical Response
Activities: Total Physical Response
45. Based on structure- grammar and vocab; items introduced by grammatical complexity
Syllabus: Silent Way
Theory of Learning: Community Language Learning
Objectives: Total Physical Response
Theory of language: Communicative
46. Direct class activities; demonstrate - not explain or translate; give Ss choices to correct selves
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
Teacher Roles: Total Physical Response
Activity types: Grammar Translation
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
47. To be able to read literature in L2; translate L2 to L1 and vice versa; achieve proficiency in L2 reading and writing
Theory of Learning: Silent Way
Objectives: Communicative
Materials Roles: Silent Way
Objectives: Grammar Translation
48. Responsible for their own learning' must develop independence - autonomy and responsibility
Teacher Roles: Total Physical Response
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Learner Roles: Silent Way
Materials Roles: Direct Method
49. Create situations and present materials to encourage positive reception and retention; exude authority and confidence
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
Teacher Roles: Suggestopedia
Theory of Language: Silent Way
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual
50. Realia rather than textbooks; aim is to promote comprehension and communication
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
Learner Roles: Silent Way
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation