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Language Teaching Methods

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Authority; has all control; corrects students; assign tasks to be memorized






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






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






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






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






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






7. Language is a set of structures related to situations






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. No textbook; materials developed as course progresses






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






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






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






22. To be able to read literature in L2; translate L2 to L1 and vice versa; achieve proficiency in L2 reading and writing






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






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






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






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






27. Basically structuralist - grammar-based view of language






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






29. Leaning involves whole person; social process of growth






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Create situations and present materials to encourage positive reception and retention; exude authority and confidence






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






42. Language is a rule governed system - hierarchically arranged






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






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






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






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






47. Imperative drills to elicit physical actions






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






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






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