Module 1 - Alternative Teaching Methods

Question 1

Total Physical Response

Answer 1

Learning by responding to commands before speaking
Good with young learners
Good to test low-level learners

Question 2

Examples of Total Physical Response

Answer 2

• Students point to different pieces of clothing when prompted to learn vocabulary.
• Students listen to a song and stand up when assigned word is spoken.
• Students point to a color when prompted.

Question 3

Advantages and Disadvantages
of Total Physical Response

Answer 3

• Good with young and low-level learners
• Fun and engaging
• Limited to teaching basic topics
• Students respond passively

Question 4

The Silent Way

Answer 4

Language learning as a process of problem-solving and discovery.

Teacher remains silent while responsibility to work out rules falls to learners.

Developed in the 1970s

Question 5

Examples of the Silent Way

Answer 5

Teacher acts like mime pointing to pictures or using cues for direction and correction.

Question 6

Advantages and Disadvantages of
the Silent Way

Answer 6

• Reduced Teacher Talking Time (TTT)
• Simplified corrections instead of lengthy oral description
• Focuses on learner needs and abilities

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Question 7

Community Language Learning

Answer 7

Learning as an emotionally engaging group experience.

Learners direct class and conversations which are recorded and played back for language work.

Question 8

How as Community Language Learning impacted teaching procedure?

Answer 8

Extra space in the syllabus for content lead by learner interest

Question 9

Suggestopedia

Answer 9

Influenced by Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, uses music, decoration, and ritualized teacher behavior

Uses concrete structure and power of memory to optimize learning

Question 10

Three Steps of Suggestopedia

Answer 10

1. Review previous material
2. New material presented in students first language; discuss grammar, vocabulary, and content; translate
3. Seance/Concert Session; silence then new material is read set to music with pauses to absorb material

Question 11

What elements of Suggestopedia are used in teaching today

Answer 11

1. Review of previous material at start of class
2. A set predictable routine for class (esp. good for young learners)
3. Relaxed atmosphere with music, decoration, and comfortable seating

Question 12

Multiple Intelligences

Answer 12

1. Language
2. Logical/Mathematical
3. Mental models of the world
4. Music
5. Bodily/kinesthetic
6. Interpersonal
7. Introspection
8. Understanding of nature

Question 13

What is the purpose of understanding multiple intelligences for language learning?

Answer 13

Teaching should be catered to learners different intelligences and strengths

• Logical/rational learner like problem-solving activities
• Intrapersonal learners like individual activities
• Musical learners using songs and music

Question 14

Neuro-Linguistic Programming

Answer 14

A humanistic philosophy, not a language learning model

A communicative approach - learner centered and spoken fluency focused

Focused on development of self-awareness and actualization

4 Pillars - Outcomes, Rapport, Sensory Acuity, Flexibility

Question 15

What are the 4** pillars of neuro-linguistic programming?

Answer 15

1. Outcomes - students need clear goals to work towards
2. Rapport - develop good rapport b/t students and teacher and each other to promote successful communication
3. Teach non-verbal communication such as gestures and tone
4. Flexibility - in activities and techniques to use with different learners; mistakes are seen as good experimentation
   ** Learning Style - cater to ways of processing info: auditory, visual, kinesthetic

Question 16

The Lexical Approach

Answer 16

Language as more complex than grammar rules - vocab in chunks, not discrete words

Question 17

Lexical units

Answer 17

Idioms
Similes
Connectives
Conversational gambits

Question 18

The Natural Approach

Answer 18

Language used to communicate messages and meanings

Listening and reading, speaking later

Learner gets as much comprehensible information as possible; visual aids, range of vocabulary, authentic texts

Question 19

Tasked-based Learning (TBL)

Answer 19

Give students a real life task to complete and repeat

Giving task at beginning of class can help analyze what learners already know

Question 20

Principles Eclecticism

Answer 20

Mix and match different methods for learners needs

Generally how English is taught today

Question 21

Examples of Principles Eclecticism

Answer 21

• Drilling used for pronunciation and grammar accuracy
• Students who enjoy grammar rules do language analysis

Question 22

Dogme

Answer 22

Teaching “unplugged”
- Materials light
- Conversation driven
- Focus on learner and emergent language

Question 23

What is the general process of Dogme?

Answer 23

Materials for lessons provided by learner
Teacher mediates:
- Ask questions
- Provide discussion points,
- Direct discussion to emergent language
Language in discussion (and mistakes) guide lesson

Question 24

Demand High

Answer 24

Not a methodology, but guide for adjustments to teaching methods

To get much greater depth of tangible engagement and learning

Question 25

What are the four questions of Demand High?

Answer 25

1. Are students capable of more?
2. Are techniques productive or rituals?
3. How to stop “covering material” and get deeper learning?
4. What small changes can help instigate learning?