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Language Teaching Methods

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1. No specific objectives; near native mastery is goal






2. No textbook; materials developed as course progresses






3. Maintain passive state; allow materials to work on them






4. Conventional - but memorization of whole meaningful text is recommended






5. Student respond to commands - questions - visual cues; encourage and shape oral responses; no grammar explanation or modeling






6. Answer and ask questions - use L2 and communicate as if in real situations






7. Ten-unit courses consisting of 1 -200 word dialogues - graded by vocab and grammar






8. No basic text; initially use voice - gestures and action; later use materials and media






9. Repetition; substitution drills; avoid translation and grammar explanation; students not allowed to make mistakes






10. Authentic & task based materials to promote communication






11. Leaning involves whole person; social process of growth






12. Learners are members of a community; learning not an individual accomplishment - but is achieved collaboratively






13. Learning cannot lead to acquisition; learning- a conscious process; acquisition- a natural - subconscious process






14. Read and write; no control over content; memorize; answer-usually written






15. Authority; has all control; corrects students; assign tasks to be memorized






16. Should try to lose themselves in activities involving meaningful communication






17. Use L2 exclusively; inductive grammar; much speaking - T to Ss and Ss to Ss; dictation






18. Graded syllabus of phonology - morphology & syntax; contrastive analysis






19. Main source of comprehensible input; must create positive; low-anxiety climate; lead rich mixture of activities






20. Responsible for their own learning' must develop independence - autonomy and responsibility






21. Active and direct role - 'director' of stage play with students as actors






22. Dialogues & drills; repetition & memorization pattern practice






23. Central & active teacher centered method; provides model - controls direction & pace






24. Sentence-based with grammatical and lexical criteria being primary focus on meaning - not form






25. Memorization and habit forming






26. Control of structures of sound; form & order; mastery over symbols of L2; native speaker mastery






27. Translation and memorization - learn about L2 by translating L2 to L1 and vice versa and by learning vocab and grammar of L2






28. L2 learning same as L1; comprehension before production; carry out commands and reduction of stress






29. Text - plays - dialogues drive T's demonstrations of their meanings; objects (realia) in class






30. Produce learners who can communicate orally - intelligibly uninhibitedly with native speakers






31. Textbooks; prepared passages and related grammar and vocab exercises






32. Essence of language is meaning; vocab not grammar is heart of the language






33. Language is a rule governed system - hierarchically arranged






34. A list of structures and vocab - graded by grammatical complexity






35. Based on here and now - focus on meaning - not form; must allow for comprehensible input






36. Use language meaningful to promote learning; activities involving real communication






37. Communicate orally and think in L2 - students make direct association between meaning and L2






38. Initiatives - question and answer - role play; listening exercises while deeply relaxed






39. Learning occurs through suggestion - when learners are in deeply relaxed state; baroque music used to induce state






40. Realia rather than textbooks; aim is to promote comprehension and communication






41. Counselling and parent analogy; provide safe environment for students to learn and grow






42. Habit formation; skills learned more effectively if oral before written; analogy - not analysis






43. Literary passages to be translated; vocab and grammar based lessons based on passages






44. No set syllabus; syllabus comes from learners' intentions and teachers reformulations






45. Structures - functions - notions - themes & tasks; order based on learners' needs






46. Relies on text and visual aids; test is tightly organized - has structurally graded lessons






47. Translation; reading comp; memorization of vocab lists; identify synonyms - antonyms - cognates - deductive application of grammar rules






48. Language is primarily speech; learning language involves culture






49. Unique materials' colored rods; coded pronunciation and vocab charts






50. Facilator of communication process; needs analyst - counsellor; process manager