TKT Background to Language Teaching 2

Question 1

Which approach to language teaching focuses on the accurate production of grammatical forms through drills and repetition?

Accepted Answer

The Audio-lingual Method

Answer

The Audio-lingual Method uses pattern drills and repetition to build accurate habits, based on behaviourist principles that language learning is habit formation.

Question 2

What is the primary aim of Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT)?

Accepted Answer

To use meaningful real-world tasks as the main vehicle for language learning

Answer

TBLT places meaningful communicative tasks at the centre of instruction, so that learners acquire language through the process of completing real-world-like activities.

Question 3

What does 'scaffolding' mean in a language teaching context?

Accepted Answer

The temporary support provided by a teacher or peer to help a learner accomplish a task they could not do alone

Answer

Scaffolding refers to the temporary, adjustable support (language frames, prompts, demonstrations) given to help learners perform tasks just beyond their current independent ability.

Question 4

Which teaching approach is most associated with the use of the Silent Way?

Accepted Answer

The teacher uses minimal talking so learners take responsibility for speaking

Answer

In the Silent Way, developed by Caleb Gattegno, the teacher remains largely silent to encourage learner independence and self-correction, using coloured rods and charts instead of explanation.

Question 5

What is the role of the 'P-P-P' framework in language teaching?

Accepted Answer

Present, Practise, Produce — a three-stage lesson structure for teaching new language

Answer

Present-Practise-Produce (PPP) is a widely used lesson framework in which the teacher presents a language item, learners practise it in controlled activities, then use it more freely in production tasks.

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TKT Background to Language Teaching 2