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Language Teaching Methods
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teaching
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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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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. Must teach - test - get out of way; remain impassive; resist temptation to model - assist - direct - or exhort
Teacher Roles: Silent Way
Theory of Learning: Total Physical Response
Objectives: Community Language Learning
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
2. Use L2 exclusively; inductive grammar; much speaking - T to Ss and Ss to Ss; dictation
Materials Roles: Silent Way
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
Activity Types: Direct Method
Syllabus: Direct Method
3. Learners are directed by skilled training techniques to produce correct response
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
Theory of Language: Suggestopedia
4. Read and write; no control over content; memorize; answer-usually written
Theory of Language: Silent Way
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
Theory of Learning: Audiolingual
Learner Roles: Grammar Translation
5. Language is a set of structures related to situations
Activity Types: Direct Method
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
Material Roles: Community Language Learning
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
6. Habit formation; skills learned more effectively if oral before written; analogy - not analysis
Theory of Learning: Audiolingual
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
Activities: Silent Way
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
7. Translation; reading comp; memorization of vocab lists; identify synonyms - antonyms - cognates - deductive application of grammar rules
Activity types: Grammar Translation
Objectives: Communicative
Objectives: Community Language Learning
Theory of Language: Grammar Translation
8. Based on here and now - focus on meaning - not form; must allow for comprehensible input
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
Activities: Natural Approach
Theory of Learning: Silent Way
Syllabus: Communicative
9. Dialogues & drills; repetition & memorization pattern practice
Activity Types: Audiolingual
Theory of Learning: Communicative
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
Syllabus: Audiolingual
10. Direct class activities; demonstrate - not explain or translate; give Ss choices to correct selves
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
Teacher Roles: Silent Way
11. Acquire vocab by speaking full sentences in L2; communication is purpose of language learning
Learner Roles: Silent Way
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
Teacher Roles: Total Physical Response
12. Communicate orally and think in L2 - students make direct association between meaning and L2
Teacher Roles: Total Physical Response
Teacher Roles: Communicative
Material Roles: Community Language Learning
Objectives: Direct Method
13. Basically structuralist - grammar-based view of language
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
Activities: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
Theory of Learning: Community Language Learning
14. Language is a rule governed system - hierarchically arranged
Activity Types: Direct Method
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
15. Conventional - but memorization of whole meaningful text is recommended
Theory of Language: Suggestopedia
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Total Physical Response
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
16. Innovative and conventional; translation - group work - recording - transcription - free conversation
Material Roles: Grammar Translation
Material Roles: Community Language Learning
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
Activity Types: Community Language Learning
17. Textbooks; prepared passages and related grammar and vocab exercises
Activities: Situational Language Learning
Material Roles: Grammar Translation
Objectives: Community Language Learning
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
18. Each language has unique rhythm and spirit; core structure and functional vocab are keys to spirit
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
Theory of language: Communicative
Theory of Language: Silent Way
19. Should try to lose themselves in activities involving meaningful communication
Teacher Roles: Communicative
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
Syllabus: Direct Method
Theory of Learning: Community Language Learning
20. Sentence-based with grammatical and lexical criteria being primary focus on meaning - not form
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
Theory of Learning: Total Physical Response
Theory of language: Communicative
Learner Roles: Community Language Learning
21. To be able to read literature in L2; translate L2 to L1 and vice versa; achieve proficiency in L2 reading and writing
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
Objectives: Grammar Translation
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
22. Leaning involves whole person; social process of growth
Objectives: Communicative
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
Theory of Learning: Community Language Learning
Learner Roles: Communicative
23. Listen and repeat; respond to questions and commands; no control over content; make own statements questions later
Learner Roles: Grammar Translation
Theory of Language: Natural Approach
Teacher Roles: Silent Way
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
24. Leaning L2 and L1 different; L2 learning is intellectual; feel music of language; silent awareness - then active trial
Objectives: Direct Method
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
Theory of Learning: Silent Way
25. Produce learners who can communicate orally - intelligibly uninhibitedly with native speakers
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Objectives: Total Physical Response
Learner Roles: Direct Method
Theory of Learning: Communicative
26. A list of structures and vocab - graded by grammatical complexity
Activities: Situational Language Learning
Syllabus: Situational Language Learning
Activity Types: Audiolingual
Objectives: Communicative
27. Learning cannot lead to acquisition; learning- a conscious process; acquisition- a natural - subconscious process
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
Objectives: Grammar Translation
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
28. Answer and ask questions - use L2 and communicate as if in real situations
Theory of Learning: Total Physical Response
Learner Roles: Direct Method
Material Roles: Grammar Translation
Theory of Learning: Silent Way
29. Relies on text and visual aids; test is tightly organized - has structurally graded lessons
Activities: Total Physical Response
Materials Roles: Situational Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
30. Responsible for their own learning' must develop independence - autonomy and responsibility
Objectives: Grammar Translation
Activities: Suggestopedia
Learner Roles: Silent Way
Material Roles: Communcative
31. Unique materials' colored rods; coded pronunciation and vocab charts
Learner Roles: Communicative
Materials Roles: Silent Way
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Learner Roles: Suggestopedia
32. Ten-unit courses consisting of 1 -200 word dialogues - graded by vocab and grammar
Syllabus: Suggestopedia
Material Roles: Grammar Translation
Objectives: Communicative
Materials Roles: Situational Language Learning
33. Counselling and parent analogy; provide safe environment for students to learn and grow
Material Roles: Grammar Translation
Theory of Language: Silent Way
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
Learner Roles: Grammar Translation
34. Control of structures of sound; form & order; mastery over symbols of L2; native speaker mastery
Objectives: Audiolingual
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
Theory of Learning: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
35. Based on structure- grammar and vocab; items introduced by grammatical complexity
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
Theory of Learning: Situational Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
Syllabus: Silent Way
36. Based on situations and topics - not usually linguistic
Objectives: Grammar Translation
Learner Roles: Total Physical Response
Syllabus: Direct Method
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
37. Graded syllabus of phonology - morphology & syntax; contrastive analysis
Theory of Learning: Suggestopedia
Syllabus: Audiolingual
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual
Teacher Roles: Communicative
38. Objectives reflect needs of learners; include functional skills & linguistic objectives
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
Theory of Learning: Suggestopedia
Objectives: Communicative
39. Facilator of communication process; needs analyst - counsellor; process manager
Learner Roles: Total Physical Response
Material Roles: Communcative
Teacher Roles: Total Physical Response
Teacher Roles: Communicative
40. No specific objectives; near native mastery is goal
Learner Roles: Communicative
Objectives: Community Language Learning
Activity Types: Direct Method
Syllabus: Situational Language Learning
41. Act as model in presenting structures; lead drill practice; correct errors; test progress
Theory of Learning: Silent Way
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
Syllabus: Communicative
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
42. Maintain passive state; allow materials to work on them
Theory of Learning: Audiolingual
Learner Roles: Suggestopedia
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Language: Direct Method
43. Teacher oriented; tapes & visuals; language lab often used
Learner Roles: Community Language Learning
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
Theory of Language: Natural Approach
Objectives: Grammar Translation
44. No set syllabus; syllabus comes from learners' intentions and teachers reformulations
Syllabus: Suggestopedia
Syllabus: Communicative
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
Theory of language: Communicative
45. Student respond to commands - questions - visual cues; encourage and shape oral responses; no grammar explanation or modeling
Syllabus: Situational Language Learning
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
Activities: Silent Way
Theory of Learning: Community Language Learning
46. Learners as negotiator - interactor - giving & receiving information
Learner Roles: Communicative
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Communicative
47. Language is primarily speech; learning language involves culture
Learner Roles: Total Physical Response
Theory of Language: Direct Method
Teacher Roles: Suggestopedia
Activity types: Grammar Translation
48. Translation and memorization - learn about L2 by translating L2 to L1 and vice versa and by learning vocab and grammar of L2
Theory of Learning: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
Activity Types: Direct Method
49. No textbook; materials developed as course progresses
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
Material Roles: Community Language Learning
50. Active and direct role - 'director' of stage play with students as actors
Teacher Roles: Total Physical Response
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
Activities: Natural Approach
Teacher Roles: Suggestopedia