SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
Language Teaching Methods
Start Test
Study First
Subject
:
teaching
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Basically structuralist - grammar-based view of language
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
Objectives: Audiolingual
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
Theory of Language: Grammar Translation
2. Innovative and conventional; translation - group work - recording - transcription - free conversation
Objectives: Total Physical Response
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
Activity Types: Community Language Learning
3. Structures - functions - notions - themes & tasks; order based on learners' needs
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
Syllabus: Communicative
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
Theory of Language: Natural Approach
4. To be able to read literature in L2; translate L2 to L1 and vice versa; achieve proficiency in L2 reading and writing
Theory of Language: Grammar Translation
Objectives: Grammar Translation
Syllabus: Audiolingual
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
5. Leaning L2 and L1 different; L2 learning is intellectual; feel music of language; silent awareness - then active trial
Theory of Learning: Silent Way
Syllabus: Direct Method
Theory of Language: Direct Method
Syllabus: Silent Way
6. Language is a rule governed system - hierarchically arranged
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
Learner Roles: Total Physical Response
Theory of Language: Silent Way
7. No basic text; initially use voice - gestures and action; later use materials and media
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual
Objectives: Community Language Learning
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
Activities: Situational Language Learning
8. Listen and perform; little influence over content of learning
Learner Roles: Total Physical Response
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
Material Roles: Grammar Translation
Syllabus: Communicative
9. No specific objectives; near native mastery is goal
Material Roles: Community Language Learning
Activities: Suggestopedia
Objectives: Community Language Learning
Objectives: Grammar Translation
10. L2 learning same as L1; comprehension before production; carry out commands and reduction of stress
Theory of Learning: Total Physical Response
Activity Types: Direct Method
Material Roles: Community Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Communicative
11. Authority; has all control; corrects students; assign tasks to be memorized
Activities: Suggestopedia
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
Material Roles: Communcative
12. Initiatives - question and answer - role play; listening exercises while deeply relaxed
Activities: Suggestopedia
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual
Syllabus: Situational Language Learning
13. Sentence-based with grammatical and lexical criteria being primary focus on meaning - not form
Learner Roles: Grammar Translation
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
Theory of Language: Silent Way
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
14. Control of structures of sound; form & order; mastery over symbols of L2; native speaker mastery
Material Roles: Grammar Translation
Objectives: Grammar Translation
Objectives: Audiolingual
Theory of Language: Direct Method
15. Texts - tapes - classroom items and music; texts must have force and literary quality
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
Theory of Learning: Total Physical Response
Learner Roles: Communicative
Activities: Natural Approach
16. Language involved whole person and culture; educational - developmental - communicative process
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
Activities: Total Physical Response
Activities: Silent Way
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
17. Central & active teacher centered method; provides model - controls direction & pace
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual
Learner Roles: Grammar Translation
Theory of Language: Grammar Translation
Syllabus: Direct Method
18. Main source of comprehensible input; must create positive; low-anxiety climate; lead rich mixture of activities
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
Activity types: Grammar Translation
Objectives: Community Language Learning
19. Each language has unique rhythm and spirit; core structure and functional vocab are keys to spirit
Activity Types: Communicative
Theory of Language: Silent Way
Learner Roles: Suggestopedia
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
20. Dialogues & drills; repetition & memorization pattern practice
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
Syllabus: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
Activity Types: Audiolingual
21. Listen and repeat; respond to questions and commands; no control over content; make own statements questions later
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
Theory of Language: Grammar Translation
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
22. Literary language is superior to spoken language
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Language: Grammar Translation
Objectives: Audiolingual
Learner Roles: Silent Way
23. Leaning involves whole person; social process of growth
Theory of Language: Natural Approach
Activities: Natural Approach
Theory of Learning: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Silent Way
24. Produce learners who can communicate orally - intelligibly uninhibitedly with native speakers
Theory of Learning: Communicative
Activity types: Grammar Translation
Material Roles: Grammar Translation
Objectives: Total Physical Response
25. Based on selection of communicative activities and topics derived from learners' needs
Theory of Learning: Community Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Situational Language Learning
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Materials Roles: Silent Way
26. Create situations and present materials to encourage positive reception and retention; exude authority and confidence
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Audiolingual
Teacher Roles: Suggestopedia
Syllabus: Direct Method
27. Objectives reflect needs of learners; include functional skills & linguistic objectives
Syllabus: Silent Way
Learner Roles: Community Language Learning
Objectives: Communicative
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
28. Learning cannot lead to acquisition; learning- a conscious process; acquisition- a natural - subconscious process
Theory of Learning: Silent Way
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
Material Roles: Communcative
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
29. Translation and memorization - learn about L2 by translating L2 to L1 and vice versa and by learning vocab and grammar of L2
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
Activity Types: Direct Method
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
30. Active and direct role - 'director' of stage play with students as actors
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Teacher Roles: Total Physical Response
Theory of Language: Suggestopedia
Learner Roles: Direct Method
31. Imperative drills to elicit physical actions
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
Activities: Total Physical Response
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
32. Learners as negotiator - interactor - giving & receiving information
Theory of Language: Grammar Translation
Theory of Language: Suggestopedia
Objectives: Community Language Learning
Learner Roles: Communicative
33. Habit formation; skills learned more effectively if oral before written; analogy - not analysis
Activity Types: Communicative
Theory of Learning: Audiolingual
Material Roles: Community Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
34. Based on here and now - focus on meaning - not form; must allow for comprehensible input
Activities: Natural Approach
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
Activity Types: Community Language Learning
35. Translation; reading comp; memorization of vocab lists; identify synonyms - antonyms - cognates - deductive application of grammar rules
Activity types: Grammar Translation
Theory of Learning: Communicative
Theory of Learning: Audiolingual
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
36. Ten-unit courses consisting of 1 -200 word dialogues - graded by vocab and grammar
Learner Roles: Silent Way
Learner Roles: Direct Method
Syllabus: Suggestopedia
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
37. Repetition; substitution drills; avoid translation and grammar explanation; students not allowed to make mistakes
Theory of Language: Suggestopedia
Activities: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
Learner Roles: Communicative
38. Conventional - but memorization of whole meaningful text is recommended
Theory of Language: Suggestopedia
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
39. Direct class activities; demonstrate - not explain or translate; give Ss choices to correct selves
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
Activity Types: Direct Method
Activities: Natural Approach
Syllabus: Suggestopedia
40. Communicate orally and think in L2 - students make direct association between meaning and L2
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
Learner Roles: Total Physical Response
Objectives: Direct Method
Learner Roles: Suggestopedia
41. No textbook; materials developed as course progresses
Material Roles: Community Language Learning
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual
42. Unique materials' colored rods; coded pronunciation and vocab charts
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
Materials Roles: Silent Way
43. Graded syllabus of phonology - morphology & syntax; contrastive analysis
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
Activities: Situational Language Learning
Syllabus: Audiolingual
Theory of Language: Direct Method
44. Should try to lose themselves in activities involving meaningful communication
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
Theory of Language: Grammar Translation
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
45. Facilator of communication process; needs analyst - counsellor; process manager
Theory of Learning: Community Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
Teacher Roles: Communicative
Objectives: Audiolingual
46. Authentic & task based materials to promote communication
Teacher Roles: Total Physical Response
Theory of Language: Direct Method
Material Roles: Communcative
Teacher Roles: Suggestopedia
47. Responsible for their own learning' must develop independence - autonomy and responsibility
Syllabus: Audiolingual
Activities: Total Physical Response
Learner Roles: Silent Way
Objectives: Grammar Translation
48. Answer and ask questions - use L2 and communicate as if in real situations
Objectives: Direct Method
Syllabus: Situational Language Learning
Learner Roles: Direct Method
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
49. Use language meaningful to promote learning; activities involving real communication
Theory of Learning: Communicative
Activity types: Grammar Translation
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
50. Counselling and parent analogy; provide safe environment for students to learn and grow
Activity Types: Community Language Learning
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Community Language Learning