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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. Teacher oriented; tapes & visuals; language lab often used
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
Material Roles: Communcative
Syllabus: Suggestopedia
Theory of Learning: Community Language Learning
2. Learning cannot lead to acquisition; learning- a conscious process; acquisition- a natural - subconscious process
Activities: Silent Way
Theory of Learning: Natural Approach
Activity Types: Communicative
Theory of Language: Suggestopedia
3. Objectives reflect needs of learners; include functional skills & linguistic objectives
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
Objectives: Communicative
Activities: Suggestopedia
Theory of Learning: Silent Way
4. Direct class activities; demonstrate - not explain or translate; give Ss choices to correct selves
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
Theory of Language: Silent Way
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Situational Language Learning
5. Language is a set of structures related to situations
Learner Roles: Grammar Translation
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
Activity Types: Audiolingual
6. Based on here and now - focus on meaning - not form; must allow for comprehensible input
Theory of Learning: Suggestopedia
Syllabus: Direct Method
Activities: Natural Approach
Teacher Roles: Suggestopedia
7. Unique materials' colored rods; coded pronunciation and vocab charts
Syllabus: Suggestopedia
Learner Roles: Grammar Translation
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
Materials Roles: Silent Way
8. Acquire vocab by speaking full sentences in L2; communication is purpose of language learning
Teacher Roles: Suggestopedia
Theory of Learning: Communicative
Objectives: Community Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
9. Each language has unique rhythm and spirit; core structure and functional vocab are keys to spirit
Activity Types: Communicative
Activities: Silent Way
Theory of Language: Silent Way
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
10. Habit formation; skills learned more effectively if oral before written; analogy - not analysis
Activities: Suggestopedia
Theory of Learning: Audiolingual
Theory of Learning: Communicative
Activities: Total Physical Response
11. Language involved whole person and culture; educational - developmental - communicative process
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
Syllabus: Direct Method
Theory of Language: Direct Method
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
12. Based on selection of communicative activities and topics derived from learners' needs
Activities: Natural Approach
Syllabus: Natural Approach
Syllabus: Audiolingual
Theory of Language: Grammar Translation
13. Dialogues & drills; repetition & memorization pattern practice
Objectives: Grammar Translation
Theory of Learning: Situational Language Learning
Material Roles: Communcative
Activity Types: Audiolingual
14. No basic text; initially use voice - gestures and action; later use materials and media
Activity Types: Audiolingual
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
Syllabus: Suggestopedia
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
15. Texts - tapes - classroom items and music; texts must have force and literary quality
Objectives: Audiolingual
Teacher Roles: Silent Way
Activity Types: Community Language Learning
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
16. L2 learning same as L1; comprehension before production; carry out commands and reduction of stress
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
Activity Types: Community Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Total Physical Response
17. Answer and ask questions - use L2 and communicate as if in real situations
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
Learner Roles: Direct Method
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual
Syllabus: Suggestopedia
18. Learners as negotiator - interactor - giving & receiving information
Activities: Total Physical Response
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
Learner Roles: Communicative
19. Should try to lose themselves in activities involving meaningful communication
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
Activities: Situational Language Learning
Material Roles: Communcative
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
20. Relies on text and visual aids; test is tightly organized - has structurally graded lessons
Learner Roles: Audiolingual
Materials Roles: Situational Language Learning
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
Theory of language: Communicative
21. Maintain passive state; allow materials to work on them
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
Learner Roles: Suggestopedia
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
Learner Roles: Total Physical Response
22. To be able to read literature in L2; translate L2 to L1 and vice versa; achieve proficiency in L2 reading and writing
Theory of Language: Grammar Translation
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
Objectives: Grammar Translation
Materials Roles: Audiolingual
23. Authority; has all control; corrects students; assign tasks to be memorized
Theory of Learning: Silent Way
Theory of Language: Grammar Translation
Teacher Roles: Grammar Translation
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
24. Counselling and parent analogy; provide safe environment for students to learn and grow
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Communicative
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
25. Imperative drills to elicit physical actions
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
Activity types: Grammar Translation
Syllabus: Silent Way
Activities: Total Physical Response
26. Responsible for their own learning' must develop independence - autonomy and responsibility
Learner Roles: Silent Way
Theory of Language: Grammar Translation
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
Activities: Natural Approach
27. Act as model in presenting structures; lead drill practice; correct errors; test progress
Learner Roles: Silent Way
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
28. Realia rather than textbooks; aim is to promote comprehension and communication
Objectives: Direct Method
Theory of language: Communicative
Materials Roles: Natural Approach
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
29. Produce learners who can communicate orally - intelligibly uninhibitedly with native speakers
Objectives: Total Physical Response
Teacher Roles: Communicative
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
Material Roles: Grammar Translation
30. Leaning L2 and L1 different; L2 learning is intellectual; feel music of language; silent awareness - then active trial
Activities: Silent Way
Theory of Learning: Silent Way
Theory of Learning: Suggestopedia
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
31. Translation; reading comp; memorization of vocab lists; identify synonyms - antonyms - cognates - deductive application of grammar rules
Syllabus: Audiolingual
Materials Roles: Total Physical Response
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
Activity types: Grammar Translation
32. Text - plays - dialogues drive T's demonstrations of their meanings; objects (realia) in class
Materials Roles: Direct Method
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
Theory of language: Communicative
Teacher Roles: Community Language Learning
33. Create situations and present materials to encourage positive reception and retention; exude authority and confidence
Teacher Roles: Suggestopedia
Theory of Learning: Direct Method
Theory of Learning: Silent Way
Materials Roles: Situational Language Learning
34. Use L2 exclusively; inductive grammar; much speaking - T to Ss and Ss to Ss; dictation
Activity Types: Direct Method
Teacher Roles: Communicative
Theory of Learning: Suggestopedia
Syllabus: Audiolingual
35. Based on structure- grammar and vocab; items introduced by grammatical complexity
Objectives: Community Language Learning
Syllabus: Silent Way
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Silent Way
36. Communicate orally and think in L2 - students make direct association between meaning and L2
Learner Roles: Natural Approach
Theory of Learning: Grammar Translation
Objectives: Direct Method
Material Roles: Community Language Learning
37. Must teach - test - get out of way; remain impassive; resist temptation to model - assist - direct - or exhort
Material Roles: Community Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Total Physical Response
Theory of Learning: Communicative
Teacher Roles: Silent Way
38. Facilator of communication process; needs analyst - counsellor; process manager
Theory of Language: Grammar Translation
Teacher Roles: Total Physical Response
Teacher Roles: Communicative
Activity Types: Audiolingual
39. Initiatives - question and answer - role play; listening exercises while deeply relaxed
Objectives: Total Physical Response
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
Activities: Suggestopedia
Learner Roles: Community Language Learning
40. Sentence-based with grammatical and lexical criteria being primary focus on meaning - not form
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
Syllabus: Total Physical Response
Activities: Natural Approach
Activity types: Grammar Translation
41. Central & active teacher centered method; provides model - controls direction & pace
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Language: Direct Method
Teacher Roles: Audiolingual
Materials Roles: Situational Language Learning
42. Authentic & task based materials to promote communication
Learner Roles: Community Language Learning
Material Roles: Community Language Learning
Activity Types: Direct Method
Material Roles: Communcative
43. No specific objectives; near native mastery is goal
Learner Roles: Silent Way
Material Roles: Grammar Translation
Syllabus: Audiolingual
Objectives: Community Language Learning
44. Language is a rule governed system - hierarchically arranged
Syllabus: Communicative
Materials Roles: Direct Method
Teacher Roles: Situational Language Learning
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
45. Language is a system for expression of meaning; primary function is interaction & communication
Learner Roles: Situational Language Learning
Objectives: Communicative
Theory of language: Communicative
Material Roles: Communcative
46. Basically structuralist - grammar-based view of language
Objectives: Audiolingual
Theory of Language: Total Physical Response
Theory of Language: Audiolingual
Syllabus: Grammar Translation
47. Information sharing; negotiation of meaning & interaction
Material Roles: Communcative
Teacher Roles: Direct Method
Activity Types: Communicative
Materials Roles: Suggestopedia
48. Learners are members of a community; learning not an individual accomplishment - but is achieved collaboratively
Theory of Language: Situational Language Learning
Learner Roles: Community Language Learning
Material Roles: Community Language Learning
Theory of Language: Community Language Learning
49. Main source of comprehensible input; must create positive; low-anxiety climate; lead rich mixture of activities
Learner Roles: Community Language Learning
Theory of Learning: Total Physical Response
Syllabus: Community Language Learning
Teacher Roles: Natural Approach
50. Language is primarily speech; learning language involves culture
Theory of Language: Direct Method
Theory of Learning: Communicative
Materials Roles: Situational Language Learning
Learner Roles: Grammar Translation