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Language Teaching Methods
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Read and write; no control over content; memorize; answer-usually written
Teacher Roles: Total Physical Response
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
Learner Roles: Grammar Translation
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
2. Basically structuralist - grammar-based view of language
Theory of Language: Silent Way
Theory of language: Communicative
Syllabus: Silent Way
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
3. Learners as negotiator - interactor - giving & receiving information
Learner Roles: Communicative
Teacher Roles: Total Physical Response
Syllabus: Audiolingual
Material Roles: Community Language Learning
4. Counselling and parent analogy; provide safe environment for students to learn and grow
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
Syllabus: Direct Method
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
5. Act as model in presenting structures; lead drill practice; correct errors; test progress
Syllabus: Communicative
Materials Roles: Silent Way
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
6. To be able to read literature in L2; translate L2 to L1 and vice versa; achieve proficiency in L2 reading and writing
Objectives: Grammar Translation
Activities: Suggestopedia
Activity Types: Direct Method
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
7. L2 learning same as L1; comprehension before production; carry out commands and reduction of stress
Theory of Learning: Total Physical Response
Theory of Learning: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
8. Translation; reading comp; memorization of vocab lists; identify synonyms - antonyms - cognates - deductive application of grammar rules
Syllabus: Situational Language Learning
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
Theory of Learning: Audiolingual
Activity types: Grammar Translation
9. Realia rather than textbooks; aim is to promote comprehension and communication
Theory of language: Communicative
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
Learner Roles: Grammar Translation
Materials Roles: Situational Language Learning
10. Textbooks; prepared passages and related grammar and vocab exercises
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Material Roles: Grammar Translation
Activity Types: Communicative
11. Imperative drills to elicit physical actions
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
Objectives: Community Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Suggestopedia
Activities: Total Physical Response
12. Relies on text and visual aids; test is tightly organized - has structurally graded lessons
Objectives: Audiolingual
Syllabus: Audiolingual
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
Materials Roles: Situational Language Learning
13. Learning cannot lead to acquisition; learning- a conscious process; acquisition- a natural - subconscious process
Teacher Roles: Total Physical Response
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
Material Roles: Communcative
Activities: Situational Language Learning
14. No textbook; materials developed as course progresses
Material Roles: Community Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Total Physical Response
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
15. Structures - functions - notions - themes & tasks; order based on learners' needs
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
Learner Roles: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Situational Language Learning
Syllabus: Communicative
16. Main source of comprehensible input; must create positive; low-anxiety climate; lead rich mixture of activities
Syllabus: Audiolingual
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
17. Active and direct role - 'director' of stage play with students as actors
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
Material Roles: Community Language Learning
Learner Roles: Direct Method
Teacher Roles: Total Physical Response
18. Teacher oriented; tapes & visuals; language lab often used
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
Teacher Roles: Total Physical Response
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
19. Text - plays - dialogues drive T's demonstrations of their meanings; objects (realia) in class
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
Materials Roles: Direct Method
Theory of Language: Silent Way
Learner Roles: Suggestopedia
20. Central & active teacher centered method; provides model - controls direction & pace
Objectives: Audiolingual
Objectives: Total Physical Response
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual
21. Language is a system for expression of meaning; primary function is interaction & communication
Syllabus: Situational Language Learning
Learner Roles: Total Physical Response
Theory of language: Communicative
Activities: Silent Way
22. Language involved whole person and culture; educational - developmental - communicative process
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
Material Roles: Communcative
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
23. Learning occurs through suggestion - when learners are in deeply relaxed state; baroque music used to induce state
Theory of Learning: Audiolingual
Theory of Learning: Suggestopedia
Activities: Situational Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
24. Authentic & task based materials to promote communication
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
Material Roles: Communcative
Objectives: Community Language Learning
Learner Roles: Grammar Translation
25. Create situations and present materials to encourage positive reception and retention; exude authority and confidence
Activity Types: Direct Method
Activities: Natural Approach
Teacher Roles: Suggestopedia
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
26. Translation and memorization - learn about L2 by translating L2 to L1 and vice versa and by learning vocab and grammar of L2
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
Objectives: Community Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
27. Control of structures of sound; form & order; mastery over symbols of L2; native speaker mastery
Theory of Learning: Suggestopedia
Syllabus: Communicative
Objectives: Audiolingual
Activities: Total Physical Response
28. Must teach - test - get out of way; remain impassive; resist temptation to model - assist - direct - or exhort
Activity types: Grammar Translation
Syllabus: Audiolingual
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
Teacher Roles: Silent Way
29. Conventional - but memorization of whole meaningful text is recommended
Theory of Language: Suggestopedia
Learner Roles: Suggestopedia
Learner Roles: Communicative
Theory of Learning: Audiolingual
30. Each language has unique rhythm and spirit; core structure and functional vocab are keys to spirit
Objectives: Community Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Communicative
Syllabus: Suggestopedia
Theory of Language: Silent Way
31. No set syllabus; syllabus comes from learners' intentions and teachers reformulations
Theory of Language: Grammar Translation
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
Theory of Language: Natural Approach
32. Responsible for their own learning' must develop independence - autonomy and responsibility
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
Learner Roles: Silent Way
Theory of Learning: Silent Way
Learner Roles: Suggestopedia
33. Memorization and habit forming
Learner Roles: Grammar Translation
Theory of Learning: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Total Physical Response
Theory of Language: Natural Approach
34. Communicate orally and think in L2 - students make direct association between meaning and L2
Objectives: Direct Method
Activity Types: Audiolingual
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
35. Objectives reflect needs of learners; include functional skills & linguistic objectives
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
Theory of Learning: Communicative
Objectives: Communicative
36. Direct class activities; demonstrate - not explain or translate; give Ss choices to correct selves
Activities: Natural Approach
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
Syllabus: Audiolingual
37. Acquire vocab by speaking full sentences in L2; communication is purpose of language learning
Theory of Learning: Audiolingual
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
Activities: Suggestopedia
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
38. Use L2 exclusively; inductive grammar; much speaking - T to Ss and Ss to Ss; dictation
Material Roles: Communcative
Theory of Language: Direct Method
Activity Types: Direct Method
Learner Roles: Silent Way
39. Based on structure- grammar and vocab; items introduced by grammatical complexity
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Audiolingual
Syllabus: Silent Way
40. Maintain passive state; allow materials to work on them
Learner Roles: Suggestopedia
Learner Roles: Total Physical Response
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
Activities: Situational Language Learning
41. Based on here and now - focus on meaning - not form; must allow for comprehensible input
Activities: Total Physical Response
Teacher Roles: Total Physical Response
Activities: Natural Approach
Theory of Learning: Total Physical Response
42. Literary passages to be translated; vocab and grammar based lessons based on passages
Materials Roles: Silent Way
Learner Roles: Silent Way
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
Teacher Roles: Suggestopedia
43. Leaning involves whole person; social process of growth
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
Activities: Total Physical Response
Theory of Learning: Community Language Learning
44. Listen and perform; little influence over content of learning
Learner Roles: Total Physical Response
Teacher Roles: Communicative
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
Theory of Language: Grammar Translation
45. Ten-unit courses consisting of 1 -200 word dialogues - graded by vocab and grammar
Activity Types: Communicative
Syllabus: Suggestopedia
Activities: Suggestopedia
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
46. Information sharing; negotiation of meaning & interaction
Activity Types: Communicative
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
Objectives: Direct Method
47. Initiatives - question and answer - role play; listening exercises while deeply relaxed
Learner Roles: Silent Way
Syllabus: Communicative
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
Activities: Suggestopedia
48. Dialogues & drills; repetition & memorization pattern practice
Teacher Roles: Suggestopedia
Activity Types: Audiolingual
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
Objectives: Total Physical Response
49. No specific objectives; near native mastery is goal
Materials Roles: Situational Language Learning
Learner Roles: Total Physical Response
Objectives: Community Language Learning
Activity Types: Audiolingual
50. Leaning L2 and L1 different; L2 learning is intellectual; feel music of language; silent awareness - then active trial
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
Theory of Learning: Silent Way
Activity Types: Communicative
Materials Roles: Natural Approach