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WorksheetsApproaches to Language Teaching Methods
Total questions: 114
Worksheet time: 2hrs 43mins
Choose the statement that does NOT match the approach.
TOTAL PHYSICAL RESPONSE (TPR)
Students hear dialogues then repeat them.
Students focus on understanding before speaking.
Students mover round the classroom to carry out instructions.
Choose the statement that does NOT match the approach.
CONTENT AND LANGUAGE INTEGRATED LEARNING (CLIL)
The teacher focuses on developing learners' cognitive skills.
Students often do activities that focus on language accuracy.
Language is used to communicate about school subjects.
Choose the statement that does NOT match the approach.
LEXICAL APPROACH
Grammar is less important than vocabulary.
Each vocabulary item must be learnt by heart.
Students need to become aware of chunks of vocabulary.
Choose the statement that does NOT match the approach.
PRESENTATION, PRACTICE AND PRODUCTION (PPP)
Teachers need to focus learners' attention on new target language.
Students need opportunities to get language right before they experiment.
Students always start learning a new piece of language by doing a task.
Choose the statement that does NOT match the approach.
GRAMMAR-TRANSLATION METHOD
Language must be analysed in order to learn it.
Drills and pattern practice help us learn structures.
Exercises help us understand rules.
Choose the statement that does NOT match the approach.
TASK-BASED LEARNING
Tasks must be done after students have practised target language.
The teacher does not control the language that students use in tasks.
Tasks aim to show students what language they need to learn.
A method that embraces a wide range of approaches but, broadly speaking, foreign language study is seen as a mental discipline, the goal of which may be to read literature in its original form or simply to be a form of intellectual development.
Grammar-Translation Approach
Communicative
Reading
Comprehension Based
It is a set of procedures, i.e., a system that spells out rather precisely how to teach a second or foreign language
Approach
Techniques
Strategy
Method
A (a) is a classroom device or activity and thus represents the narrowest of the three concepts.
It is based on the idea that learning language successfully comes through having to communicate real meaning.
Communicative
Direct
Grammar Translation
Reading
It is a style of teaching used in teaching foreign languages. It is based on the idea of Coleman Report that it was impractical to teach oral skills and that reading should become the focus.
Grammar Translation
Direct
Reading
Audiolingualism
It is methodologies of language learning that emphasize understanding of language rather than speaking.
Communicative
Comprehension Based
Affective-Humanistic
Cognitive
It focuses on the development of oral skills.
Communicative
Oral-Situational
Direct
Audiolingualism
In this approach, students focus on identifying meaning, understanding the text quickly, and reading actively.
Grammar Translation
Direct
Reading
Comprehension Based
This approach emphasizes on how valuable the students are, and how they are all loved and are all equal.
Cognitive
Affective-Humanistic
Direct
Oral-Situational
It is a type of behaviorist habit- learning theory. It adopts an inductive approach to the teaching of grammar.
Cognitive
Affective-Humanistic
Oral-Situational
Audiolingualism
A theory of learning sees second language acquisition as a conscious and reasoned thinking process, involving the deliberate use of learning strategies.
Affective-Humanistic
Reading
Cognitive
Direct
The result of this approach is usually an inability on the part of the students to use the language for communication.
Grammar Translation
Direct
Reading
Communicative
The teacher does not need to have good oral proficiency in the target language.
Oral Situational
Reading
Direct
Communicative
These are used, based on the assumption that
language is habit formation.
reading
listening
mimicry
memorization
The teacher’s role is primarily to facilitate communication and only secondarily to correct errors.
Oral Situational
Communicative
Reading
Direct
Listening is very important and viewed as the basic skill that will all speaking, reading and writing to develop spontaneously over time given the right conditions.
Audiolingualism
Comprehension Based
Cognitive
Direct
The teacher must be a native speaker or have native-like proficiency in the target language.
Communicative
Direct
Reading
Oral Situational
In Oral-Situational approach, the spoken language is (a) .
The teacher must be proficient only in the structures, vocabulary, etc. that he or she is teaching since learning activities and materials are carefully controlled.
Affective-Humanistic
Audiolingualism
Reading
Direct
Vocabulary is controlled at first (based on frequency and
usefulness) and then expanded
Reading
Grammar Translations
Direct
Communication
Which of the following ideas relate to the inductive approach?
Teachers taught exclusively in the foreign language.
Translation of complete texts was used to learn to read literature.
Students were trained through a system of reinforcement.
Repetition drills were used to imitate what the teacher said.
In education, TPR stands for ...
Temporary price reduction.
Temperature, pulse, respiration.
Total physical response.
Total psychic response.
Look at the image. Which language teaching approach is the teacher using?
The Grammar translation method.
The silent way.
The Communicative Approach.
The total physical response method.
The silent way, suggestopedia and community language learning were associated with ...
The behavioristic approach.
The humanistic approach.
The cognite approach.
This approach suggests that the teacher should be silent as much as possible in the classroom but the learner should be encouraged to produce as much language as possible.
The communicative approach.
The silent way method.
The Suggestopedia method
The Community Language Learning (CLL)
"The teacher reads with special intonation as selected music is played. Occasionally, the students read the text together with the teacher, and listen only to the music as the teacher pauses in particular moments".
Which teaching method could be associated with the given situation?
Total physical response method.
The silent way method.
Suggestopedia.
The audiolingual method.
The community language learning approach suggests that ...
the teacher acts as a language counsellor who is equipped to deal with the fears his students face.
learning happens accidentally and naturally.
students can learn a language by completing specific tasks.
traditional subjects (such as history and science) and English should be integrated.
CLIL stands for ...
Content and Learning Integrated Language.
Content and Literature Integrated Learning
Content and Language Integrated Learning
Content and Language Integrated Learners.
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GLINERAN THENIESKETIC
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ERNLNGIA DEBAS-AMGE
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TENTSUD- DENTCER GAINELR
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QINYIU-DEBAS
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DERPEARSONLZI GLIEANRN
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PEORJCT SEADB
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LARECLOTEVBIA
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KINGNITH ESADB
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ESADB YOMPNECTEC
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SINCUSDSINO SEDBA
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PALY ESADB
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VICESER EARLINGN
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LIASOC NEMOLITOAL
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The teacher moves from providing models of language to monitoring learners' use of language.
Presentation, Practice and Production (PPP)
Task-based Learning (TBL)
Grammar-Translation
First the learners complete a communicative task; they are encouraged to use any English they know and they do not have to use any particular language item.
Presentation, Practice and Production (PPP)
Task-based Learning (TBL)
Grammar-Translation
The written form of the language is more important than the spoken form.
Presentation, Practice and Production (PPP)
Task-based Learning (TBL)
Grammar-Translation
The language focus is at the start of the teaching sequence, with fluency activities coming later.
Presentation, Practice and Production (PPP)
Task-based Learning (TBL)
Grammar-Translation
The language focus comes after a communicative activity, so that learners notice gaps in their language.
Presentation, Practice and Production (PPP)
Task-based Learning (TBL)
Grammar-Translation
Learners acquire language by trying to use it in real communicative situations.
Presentation, Practice and Production (PPP)
Task-based Learning (TBL)
Grammar-Translation
The learners' first language plays a central role in the teaching.
Presentation, Practice and Production (PPP)
Task-based Learning (TBL)
Grammar-Translation
It emphasizes the teaching of the second language grammar, its principle techniques is translation from and into the target language.
Content-Based Instruction
Grammar Translation Method
Direct Method
Audio-Lingual Method
Claims that the fastest and the least stressful way to understand any target language is to follow what and how the teacher utters the language.
Applied Method
Community Language Learning
TPR
Audio Lingual Method
Teaches the language directly but does not focus on vocabulary.
Direct Method
Audio Lingual Method
The Silent Way
Language Experience Approach
Language experience is done by integrating personal experiences and natural language.
Computer Assisted Language Learning
Desuggestopedia
Content and Language Integrated Learning
Language Experience Approach
The student’s native language is maintained as the reference system in the acquisition of the second language.
Grammar-Translation Method
Direct Method
Audio-Lingual Method
Total Physical Response
This method stands in its principle that learning only takes place if the learner discovers rather than remembers.
Community Language Learning
Total Physical Response
Language Experience Approach
The Silent Way
This is an approach to education whose primary objective is to tap the extraordinary reserved capacities we all possess but rarely used.
Content and Language Integrated Learning
Desuggestopedia
Computer Assisted Language Learning
Language Experience Approach
These are organized and systematic ways of doing something.
Approaches
Strategies
Methods
Techniques
These are plans for achieving goals.
Approaches
Strategies
Methods
Techniques
Some examples of these are games, activities, rewards, and punishments.
Approaches
Strategies
Methods
Techniques
Which of the following exercises is a practice of the grammar-translation method?
Reading Comprehension Questions
Roleplay and simulations
Talkshow
Multiple Choice Test
Why is there a need to utilize visual organizers in all approaches of learning?
Most of the students is visual learners.
It will lessen the burden of the teacher to write detailed topics on the board.
It allows learners to actively construct and interpret information.
It improves not just the mental skills, as well as the motor skills of the learners.
Why is the Grammar-Translation method still widely used despite the attacks on it?
Teachers and learners get used to it.
It has still more benefits than disadvantages.
There is no inherent contradiction between grammar instruction and the teaching approach.
Learners find it friendly to use which does pressure them to study more.
What is the advantage of using the humanistic approach in language teaching?
It provides a comfortable learning environment.
It encourages cooperative learning.
It removes anxiety from a learning situation.
It helps the learner becomes fluent.
Which of the following activities should be used in Task-Based Language Teaching?
Activities which start from easy to difficult level
Activities that involve real communication
Activities that measure higher-order thinking skills
Activities that are proven to be effective by philosophers.
A set of principles, beliefs, or ideas about the nature of learning which is also translated into the classroom. This definition refers to ..
teaching approach
teaching method
teaching technique
teaching strategy
It is a set of orderly, logically arranged steps in teaching; these are steps in teaching that are orderly, which means they are appropriately arranged and arranged based on logic. This concept refer to ...
teaching approach
teaching method
teaching technique
teaching strategy
It is a method of approaching the task of teaching mode of the operation to achieve a goal. It requires some planning, so when you say teaching strategy, these are the things that you are writing when you make your lesson plan. This concept refer to ...
teaching approach
teaching method
teaching technique
teaching strategy
It is a teacher's personal style or a trick to accomplish the task of teaching. This concept refers to ...
teaching approach
teaching method
teaching technique
teaching strategy
Think-Pair-Share is an example of ...
teaching approach
teaching method
teaching strategy
teaching technique
Both of the learning method attached the importance of Grammatical Structure as the basis of Theory of Language.
Audio Lingual Method - Total Physical Response
Audio Lingual Method - Direct Method
Desuggestopedia - Community Language Learning
Total Physical Response - Communicative Language Teaching
In Audio Lingual Method, types of teaching and learning activities are drilling and memorizing.
True
False
Grammatical Translation focuses more on reading writing, Content based and Task based focuses more on communicating.
True
False
In Communicative Language Teaching, the theories of language used as the basis was created by Hymes (1972) which refer to communicative competence.
True
False
Task-Based Instruction focuses on the subject matter.
True
False
What does "grammar" refer to?
vocabulary + syntax
syntax
lexicon
lexicon + phonology
Why is the multicompetence approach important for our teaching?
to recognize the value of linguistic backgrounds
to create a good learning environment
to be aware of the learners' ressources
to define multicompetence
What does "translanguaging "mean?
usage of entire linguistic repertoire
recognize the interconnection of languages
encouragement to move between languages
drawing on multilingual + multicultural experiences
What is the main concept that multicompetence approaches in language learning and teaching recognize?
Multicompetence approaches recognize the influence and interaction of languages.
Multicompetence approaches focus only on individual language learning.
Multicompetence approaches only acknowledge the influence of a first language (L1) on a second language (L2).
Multicompetence approaches suggest that languages have independent and unrelated structures.
What is language transfer?
Language transfer only occurs from L2 to L1, hindering the learning process.
Language transfer guarantees error-free language learning and use.
Language transfer refers to the influence of existing language knowledge on learning a new language (L2).
Language transfer replaces existing language knowledge when learning a new language.
How can teachers help students accelerate their language learning process?
Teachers help students accelerate language learning by identifying similarities and leveraging existing knowledge.
Teachers create a supportive environment for students to draw upon their linguistic knowledge.
Teachers discourage connections between students' native language and the target language.
Teachers solely focus on teaching new language structures without considering existing knowledge.
How does multicompetence contribute to problem-solving skills?
Multicompetence limits problem-solving skills by causing confusion between language systems.
Multicompetence broadens perspectives and enables critical and creative thinking.
Multicompetence has no impact on problem-solving skills, focusing only on language proficiency.
Multicompetence allows individuals to approach problems from different angles.
What are some benefits of adopting a multicompetence approach in language teaching?
Adopting a multicompetence approach enhances cognitive abilities, problem-solving skills, and cultural awareness.
Multicompetence equips individuals to communicate effectively across languages and cultures.
Multicompetence fosters linguistic diversity and intercultural understanding.
Multicompetence prepares individuals to succeed in an interconnected global landscape by breaking down barriers and promoting mutual understanding.
How does multicompetence contribute to language learning outcomes?
Multicompetence enhances language transfer and cross-pollination of knowledge.
Multicompetence identifies and explores similarities between languages.
Multicompetence fosters a supportive learning environment.
Multicompetence focuses solely on individual language learning without considering the influence of other languages.
What is the role of the teacher in the Community Language Learning Method?
The teacher dominates the class directing and controlling the language behavior of the learners.
The teacher is a counsellor
The teacher is the authority in the classroom.
Audiolingual method is teaching method focused___________.
on listening and writing approach
on writing base approach
on oral base approach
Teaching implementation: The teacher speaks up the dialogue that should be followed by the students. “Audio-lingual” means _______
the students listen and then speak/imitate/repeat after the teacher
the students listen and watch while the teacher speaks
the students keep writing the words
The direct method of teaching, which is sometimes called the natural method, and is often (but not exclusively) used in teaching foreign languages, refrains from using the learners' native language and uses only the target language.
TRUE
FALSE
Classroom instruction should be conducted exclusively in the target language. You should not translate, but instead, demonstrate.
True
False
What's the role of the teacher in Direct Method?
The teacher is the authority in class.
The students are the focus in every moment.
The teacher directs the activities, teacher and students are partners.
The teacher let students control the class
Which two elements are NOT associated with GTM?
memorization and translation
fluency and communication
native language and teacher centered instruction
rote memorization of vocabulary and grammar
The Suggestopedia method includes playing music while the teacher reads
True
False
What is the role of the teacher in the Community Language Learning Method?
The teacher dominates the class directing and controlling the language behavior of the learners.
The teacher is a counsellor
The teacher is the authority in the classroom.
It is based on the idea that learning language successfully comes through having to communicate real meaning.
DIRECT METHOD
COMMUNITY LANGUAGE LEARNING
SILENT WAY
COMMUNICATIVE LANGUAGE TEACHING
According to Silent Way, the teacher is __________.
autorative
inactive
disposable
silent
Which approach/method allows learners to acquire a language as babies do, beginning with silent listening?
the communicative approach
the direct method
the natural approach
the grammar translation method
Which approach doesn’t allow learners to use their native language in a language class?
the direct method
the communicative approach
the natural approach
grammar translation method
Which approach is geared towards learners whose main goal is to use English to communicate in the real world?
the grammar translation method
the direct method
the natural approach
the communicative approach
Learners must memorize grammar rules and vocabulary and translate large amounts of text into English if their teacher is using a method called _________________.
the inductive approach
Grammar Translation
the process approach
the product approach
When learners of different levels form small groups that must complete tasks together, a method called _______ is being used.
communicative learning
product approach
independent learning
cooperative learning
Which is a method of teaching grammar in which learners must discover the rules in context themselves while reading and/or listening?
Grammar Translation
the inductive approach
the communicative approach
the deductive approach
Which is a method of teaching grammar in which the rules are given to the learner first, followed by examples and exercises?
the direct method
the deductive approach
the inductive approach
the indirect method
A method for teaching writing in which learners are given a model and then asked to create something similar is called the _______ approach.
product
translation
process
communicative
A method for teaching writing that walks learners through the stages of pre-writing, writing and revision is called the _______ approach.
product
process
communicative
translation
The audio-lingual approach is based on the ______________ theory
Constructivist
Social observational
Behaviourist
Cognitivist
According to most behavioural psychologists, language acquisition is like any other kind of learning in that it involves ________________.
learning by doing
discovery learning
forming habits
constructing knowledge
___________ believe that asking students to solve tasks together in groups will encourage them to interact with one another and thus improve their second-language acquisition.
Interactionists
Behaviourists
Cognitivists
Constructivists
Which of the following methods/approaches lays central emphasis only on reading and writing?
Grammar Translation Method
Audio lingual Method
Natural Approach
Interactionist Approach
