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Language Teaching Methods
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Acquire vocab by speaking full sentences in L2; communication is purpose of language learning
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
Learner Roles: Direct Method
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
Activity Types: Communicative
2. Learners are directed by skilled training techniques to produce correct response
Teacher Roles: Suggestopedia
Theory of Learning: Total Physical Response
Learner Roles: Community Language Learning
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
3. Facilator of communication process; needs analyst - counsellor; process manager
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
Syllabus: Audiolingual
Teacher Roles: Communicative
Activity Types: Community Language Learning
4. Leaning involves whole person; social process of growth
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
Theory of Learning: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Communicative
Theory of Language: Natural Approach
5. Should try to lose themselves in activities involving meaningful communication
Activities: Silent Way
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
Syllabus: Communicative
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
6. Leaning L2 and L1 different; L2 learning is intellectual; feel music of language; silent awareness - then active trial
Materials Roles: Direct Method
Theory of Learning: Silent Way
Learner Roles: Total Physical Response
Learner Roles: Direct Method
7. Responsible for their own learning' must develop independence - autonomy and responsibility
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
Theory of Learning: Suggestopedia
Learner Roles: Silent Way
Activity Types: Community Language Learning
8. Each language has unique rhythm and spirit; core structure and functional vocab are keys to spirit
Theory of Language: Silent Way
Syllabus: Silent Way
Teacher Roles: Communicative
Theory of language: Communicative
9. Literary passages to be translated; vocab and grammar based lessons based on passages
Materials Roles: Direct Method
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
Activity Types: Audiolingual
10. Authentic & task based materials to promote communication
Learner Roles: Silent Way
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
Objectives: Total Physical Response
Material Roles: Communcative
11. Student respond to commands - questions - visual cues; encourage and shape oral responses; no grammar explanation or modeling
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
Syllabus: Direct Method
Activities: Silent Way
12. Literary language is superior to spoken language
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual
Theory of Language: Grammar Translation
Activity Types: Audiolingual
Theory of Learning: Suggestopedia
13. No textbook; materials developed as course progresses
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
Material Roles: Community Language Learning
14. Based on situations and topics - not usually linguistic
Syllabus: Direct Method
Theory of Language: Silent Way
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
Learner Roles: Direct Method
15. Texts - tapes - classroom items and music; texts must have force and literary quality
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
Objectives: Total Physical Response
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
16. Realia rather than textbooks; aim is to promote comprehension and communication
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
Activity Types: Community Language Learning
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Situational Language Learning
17. Listen and perform; little influence over content of learning
Materials Roles: Silent Way
Theory of Language: Suggestopedia
Learner Roles: Total Physical Response
Materials Roles: Direct Method
18. Sentence-based with grammatical and lexical criteria being primary focus on meaning - not form
Syllabus: Suggestopedia
Learner Roles: Silent Way
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
19. Structures - functions - notions - themes & tasks; order based on learners' needs
Teacher Roles: Total Physical Response
Syllabus: Communicative
Theory of Learning: Suggestopedia
Materials Roles: Direct Method
20. No basic text; initially use voice - gestures and action; later use materials and media
Material Roles: Communcative
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
Objectives: Total Physical Response
21. Central & active teacher centered method; provides model - controls direction & pace
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual
Theory of Language: Natural Approach
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
Theory of Learning: Suggestopedia
22. Based on structure- grammar and vocab; items introduced by grammatical complexity
Syllabus: Silent Way
Theory of Learning: Suggestopedia
Learner Roles: Communicative
Objectives: Communicative
23. Listen and repeat; respond to questions and commands; no control over content; make own statements questions later
Materials Roles: Silent Way
Theory of Learning: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Suggestopedia
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
24. Language is a system for expression of meaning; primary function is interaction & communication
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
Theory of language: Communicative
Theory of Learning: Audiolingual
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
25. Memorization and habit forming
Material Roles: Communcative
Theory of Learning: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Language: Natural Approach
Activity types: Grammar Translation
26. A list of structures and vocab - graded by grammatical complexity
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
Syllabus: Situational Language Learning
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
Theory of Learning: Community Language Learning
27. Create situations and present materials to encourage positive reception and retention; exude authority and confidence
Teacher Roles: Suggestopedia
Learner Roles: Community Language Learning
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
Activity types: Grammar Translation
28. Must teach - test - get out of way; remain impassive; resist temptation to model - assist - direct - or exhort
Teacher Roles: Silent Way
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual
Teacher Roles: Suggestopedia
29. Communicate orally and think in L2 - students make direct association between meaning and L2
Theory of Learning: Situational Language Learning
Learner Roles: Silent Way
Objectives: Direct Method
Learner Roles: Total Physical Response
30. Control of structures of sound; form & order; mastery over symbols of L2; native speaker mastery
Theory of language: Communicative
Activity Types: Audiolingual
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
Objectives: Audiolingual
31. Initiatives - question and answer - role play; listening exercises while deeply relaxed
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
Activities: Suggestopedia
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Suggestopedia
32. Maintain passive state; allow materials to work on them
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
Activity Types: Communicative
Teacher Roles: Total Physical Response
Learner Roles: Suggestopedia
33. Learners are members of a community; learning not an individual accomplishment - but is achieved collaboratively
Learner Roles: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Silent Way
Objectives: Communicative
Teacher Roles: Suggestopedia
34. Imperative drills to elicit physical actions
Activities: Total Physical Response
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
Objectives: Grammar Translation
35. Direct class activities; demonstrate - not explain or translate; give Ss choices to correct selves
Teacher Roles: Silent Way
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
Activities: Situational Language Learning
36. Language is primarily speech; learning language involves culture
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
Learner Roles: Suggestopedia
Activities: Natural Approach
Theory of Language: Direct Method
37. Textbooks; prepared passages and related grammar and vocab exercises
Theory of Language: Suggestopedia
Material Roles: Grammar Translation
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
Materials Roles: Direct Method
38. Unique materials' colored rods; coded pronunciation and vocab charts
Materials Roles: Direct Method
Materials Roles: Silent Way
Activity Types: Direct Method
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
39. Counselling and parent analogy; provide safe environment for students to learn and grow
Teacher Roles: Silent Way
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
40. Basically structuralist - grammar-based view of language
Teacher Roles: Suggestopedia
Material Roles: Grammar Translation
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
41. No set syllabus; syllabus comes from learners' intentions and teachers reformulations
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
Syllabus: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Total Physical Response
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
42. Repetition; substitution drills; avoid translation and grammar explanation; students not allowed to make mistakes
Learner Roles: Silent Way
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
Activities: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
43. Answer and ask questions - use L2 and communicate as if in real situations
Teacher Roles: Silent Way
Learner Roles: Direct Method
Objectives: Total Physical Response
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
44. Learners as negotiator - interactor - giving & receiving information
Objectives: Communicative
Objectives: Grammar Translation
Learner Roles: Grammar Translation
Learner Roles: Communicative
45. Learning occurs through suggestion - when learners are in deeply relaxed state; baroque music used to induce state
Theory of Learning: Suggestopedia
Teacher Roles: Silent Way
Learner Roles: Direct Method
Activities: Natural Approach
46. Objectives reflect needs of learners; include functional skills & linguistic objectives
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
Objectives: Communicative
Syllabus: Silent Way
47. Language is a set of structures related to situations
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
Teacher Roles: Suggestopedia
Learner Roles: Direct Method
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
48. Innovative and conventional; translation - group work - recording - transcription - free conversation
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
Activity Types: Community Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Suggestopedia
Activities: Silent Way
49. Translation; reading comp; memorization of vocab lists; identify synonyms - antonyms - cognates - deductive application of grammar rules
Learner Roles: Silent Way
Activity types: Grammar Translation
Syllabus: Silent Way
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
50. Teacher oriented; tapes & visuals; language lab often used
Objectives: Audiolingual
Learner Roles: Silent Way
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
Materials Roles: Audiolingual