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Language Teaching Methods

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Instructions:
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1. Textbooks; prepared passages and related grammar and vocab exercises






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






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






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






5. Leaning L2 and L1 different; L2 learning is intellectual; feel music of language; silent awareness - then active trial






6. Memorization and habit forming






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






8. Texts - tapes - classroom items and music; texts must have force and literary quality






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






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






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






12. Leaning involves whole person; social process of growth






13. Act as model in presenting structures; lead drill practice; correct errors; test progress






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






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






16. Based on structure- grammar and vocab; items introduced by grammatical complexity






17. Acquire vocab by speaking full sentences in L2; communication is purpose of language learning






18. Learners as negotiator - interactor - giving & receiving information






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






20. Listen and repeat; respond to questions and commands; no control over content; make own statements questions later






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






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






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






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






25. Language is a rule governed system - hierarchically arranged






26. Learners are directed by skilled training techniques to produce correct response






27. Literary language is superior to spoken language






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






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






30. Authentic & task based materials to promote communication






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Based on situations and topics - not usually linguistic






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






42. Each language has unique rhythm and spirit; core structure and functional vocab are keys to spirit






43. Information sharing; negotiation of meaning & interaction






44. Basically structuralist - grammar-based view of language






45. Language is a system for expression of meaning; primary function is interaction & communication






46. Imperative drills to elicit physical actions






47. Language involved whole person and culture; educational - developmental - communicative process






48. Innovative and conventional; translation - group work - recording - transcription - free conversation






49. Must teach - test - get out of way; remain impassive; resist temptation to model - assist - direct - or exhort






50. Dialogues & drills; repetition & memorization pattern practice