The silent way method

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What is The silent way means?

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Silence is a tool. It helps to foster autonomy, or the exercise of initiative.

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What tool does the silent way commonly use?

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Cuisenaire Rod

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What technique does the following statement belong to? “Point to colour-coded charts in order that students associate the sounds of the language with their spelling”. 

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Fidel charts

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The Silent Way students are expected to become “...”, “...”, and “...”:
Options: “dependent”, “responsible”, “autonomous”. “independent”, “irresponsible”, “autonomous”. “independent”, “responsible”, “autonomous”. “dependent”, “irresponsible”, “autonomous”.

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“independent”, “responsible”, “autonomous”.

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Silent Way learners acquire “...”:

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Inner Criteria.

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Who developed the Silent Way method?

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Caleb Gattegno

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According to the Silent Way teaching method, what is the role of the students’ native language?

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It is used to provide instructions, offer feedback, and exploit similarities between the native and target languages.

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According to the Silent Way teaching method, how does the teacher respond to student errors?

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The teacher encourages self-correction and peer support, providing the correct answer only as a last resort.

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The silent way is a methodology of teaching language based on the idea that learners should be as silent as possible during a class.

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False

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According to Gattegno, “The teacher works with the student; the student works on the language.”

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True