Teaching Methodologies and Approaches Flashcards

Which approach treats language learning as acquiring habits through stimulus-response drills?

Answer: Audiolingualism

Audiolingualism is based on behaviorist theory and uses repetitive drills to form language habits.

In the Silent Way method, the teacher's role is best described as:

Answer: A facilitator who rarely speaks and uses colored rods to prompt learners

Caleb Gattegno's Silent Way has the teacher remain mostly silent, using Cuisenaire rods and charts to guide discovery learning.

What is the central principle of Suggestopedia as developed by Georgi Lozanov?

Answer: Removing psychological barriers to learning through relaxation and positive suggestion

Suggestopedia uses music, comfortable environments, and positive suggestion to accelerate language acquisition.

A teacher designs a lesson around a restaurant role-play where students must order food and handle a complaint. This is most characteristic of:

Answer: Communicative Language Teaching

CLT emphasizes authentic communication and functional language use in real-world scenarios like role-plays.

Which syllabus type organizes content around functions like 'apologizing,' 'requesting,' and 'agreeing'?

Answer: Notional-Functional syllabus

A notional-functional syllabus sequences content by communicative functions and notions rather than grammar points.

In Task-Based Language Teaching, the 'pre-task' phase primarily serves to:

Answer: Activate background knowledge and introduce task vocabulary

The pre-task phase frames the topic, activates schemata, and prepares learners linguistically for the main task.

Which method involves learners sitting in a circle and whispering sentences to their teacher-counselor, who translates and models the target language?

Answer: Community Language Learning

Community Language Learning, developed by Charles Curran, treats the classroom as a counseling session where learners control topic choice.