UNIT 4. ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING Flashcards
What does the following definition refer to?
Is guiding and facilitating learning, enabling the learners to learn.
Teaching
What does the following definition refer to?
It refers to acquiring or getting of knowledge of a subject or a skill by study, experience, or instruction.
Learning
What does the following definition refer to?
- The focus is on grammatical rules, memorization of vocabulary and of various declensions and conjugations, translations of texts, and doing written exercises.
- The focus was on grammatical rules as the basis for translating from the foreign to the native language.
Grammar Translation Method
What does the following definition refer to?
To learn a language in order to read the target language literature.
Goal of the Grammar Translation Method
What does the following characteristic refer to?
Detailed analysis of grammar rules followed by application of this knowledge.
Grammar Translation Method
What does the following characteristic refer to?
Reading and writing are the major focus ( little attention to speaking/listening) . Reading of difficult classical texts is begun at an early stage of studying.
Grammar Translation Method
What does the following characteristic refer to?
Vocabulary is based on reading texts used.
Grammar Translation Method
What does the following characteristic refer to?
Much of the lesson is devoted to translating sentences into and out of the target language.
Grammar Translation Method
What does the following characteristic refer to?
Accuracy is emphasized.
Grammar Translation Method
What does the following characteristic refer to?
Grammar is taught deductively - by presentation and study of grammar rules, which are practiced through translation exercises
Grammar Translation Method
What does the following characteristic refer to?
Little or no attention is given to pronunciation.
Grammar Translation Method
What does the following characteristic refer to?
Class is taught in the student’s mother tongue. The native language is used to explain new items and make a comparison.
Grammar Translation Method
What does the following characteristic refer to?
It may create a sense of frustration for students because of the tedious experience of memorizing rules and isolated vocabulary and endless exercises for translation.
Negative Points of Grammar Translation Method
What does the following characteristic refer to?
It makes few demands on teachers. It is a method for which there is no theory on how to teach.
Negative Points of Grammar Translation Method
What does the following characteristic refer to?
There is no literature that offers a rationale or justification for it or that attempts to relate it to issues of linguistics, psychology, or educational theory.
Negative Points of Grammar Translation Method
What does the following characteristic refer to?
Is useful in the situations where understanding literally texts is the primary focus of foreign language study.
Positive Points of Grammar Translation Method
What does the following characteristic refer to?
It may be applied when there is little need for a speaking knowledge of the language
Positive Points of Grammar Translation Method
What does the following characteristic refer to?
No specialized training and skills on the part of teachers.
Positive Points of Grammar Translation
What does the following characteristic refer to?
No special material for teaching.
Positive Points of Grammar Translation Method
What does the following characteristic refer to?
Tests of grammar rules and of translations are easy to construct and can be objectively scored.
Positive points of Grammar Translation Method
What does the following definition refer to?
It is successful in leading a student toward a reading knowledge of a second language.
Positive Points of Grammar Translation Method
What does the following definition refer to?
The Grammar - translation method was also called the “traditional method”. This does not mean that it is the oldest method. It has been extensively used
Positive Points of Grammar Translation Method
What does the following definition refer to?
students’ own languages are banished and everything was to be done through the language under instruction.
Direct Method
What does the following definition refer to?
Second language learning should be more like first language learning—lots of oral interaction, spontaneous use of the language, no translation between first and second languages, and little or no analysis of grammatical rules.
Direct Method
Who was this person?
Charles Berlitz
Founder of Direct Method
What does the following description refer to?
Classroom instruction was conducted exclusively in the target language.
Characteristics of the Direct Method
What does the following description refer to?
Classroom instruction was conducted exclusively in the target language.
Characteristics of the Direct Method
What does the following description refer to?
Only everyday vocabulary and sentences were taught.
Characteristics of the Direct Method
What does the following description refer to?
Oral communication skills were built up in a carefully graded progression organized around question-and-answer exchanges between teachers and students in small, intensive classes.
Characteristics of the Direct Method
What does the following description refer to?
Grammar was taught inductively.
Characteristics of the Direct Method
What does the following description refer to?
New teaching points were taught through modeling and practice.
Characteristics of the Direct Method
What does the following description refer to?
Concrete vocabulary was taught through demonstration, objects, and pictures; abstract vocabulary was taught by association of ideas.
Characteristics of the Direct Method
What does the following description refer to?
Both speech and listening comprehension were taught.
Characteristics of the Direct Method
What does the following description refer to?
Correct pronunciation and grammar were emphasized.
Characteristics of the Direct Method