Attributes of the Structural Approach

The emphasis of teaching is on ...

• accuracy 
• fluency

The teacher ...

• specifies what language items students are to use in production. 
• gives Ss freedom to choose the sentence structures for production. 

The goal of teaching is ...

• communicative competence, 
• linguistic competence. 

Which is correct? 

• Communicative activities come after a long period of rigid drills. 
• Communicative activities may take place early in a teaching sequence. 

Which statement is correct? 

• Drilling may occur, but only peripherally, 
• Drilling is a central technique. 

Which statement is correct? 

• Meaning is given the most attention. 
• Attend to structure and form more than meaning. 

Which statement is correct? 

• Language items are not necessarily contextualised. 
• Contextualisation is a basic premise. 

Which statement is correct? 

• Comprehensible pronunciation is sought. 
• Native-speaker-like pronunciation is sought. 

Language learning is ....

• learning to communicate. 
• learning structures, sounds, and words. 

Motivation springs from ....

• what is being communicated by the language. 
• an interest in the structure of the language.