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Language Teaching Methods

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Text - plays - dialogues drive T's demonstrations of their meanings; objects (realia) in class






2. No specific objectives; near native mastery is goal






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






4. Memorization and habit forming






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Objectives reflect needs of learners; include functional skills & linguistic objectives






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






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






14. Leaning involves whole person; social process of growth






15. Teacher oriented; tapes & visuals; language lab often used






16. Direct class activities; demonstrate - not explain or translate; give Ss choices to correct selves






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Dialogues & drills; repetition & memorization pattern practice






35. Authentic & task based materials to promote communication






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Literary language is superior to spoken language






43. Based on selection of communicative activities and topics derived from learners' needs






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






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






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






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






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






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






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