TEFL Teaching Methodologies and Approaches 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which approach treats language learning as acquiring habits through stimulus-response drills?
- Audiolingualism (Correct answer)
- Task-Based Learning
- Humanistic Approach
- Notional-Functional Syllabus
Correct answer: Audiolingualism
Audiolingualism is based on behaviorist theory and uses repetitive drills to form language habits.
Question 2: In the Silent Way method, the teacher's role is best described as:
- A facilitator who rarely speaks and uses colored rods to prompt learners (Correct answer)
- A lecturer who models correct grammar explicitly
- A conversation partner who corrects every error immediately
- A storyteller who narrates lessons in the target language
Correct 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.
Question 3: What is the central principle of Suggestopedia as developed by Georgi Lozanov?
- Removing psychological barriers to learning through relaxation and positive suggestion (Correct answer)
- Using only the target language from the first class
- Teaching grammar inductively through texts
- Prioritizing speaking before reading and writing
Correct answer: Removing psychological barriers to learning through relaxation and positive suggestion
Suggestopedia uses music, comfortable environments, and positive suggestion to accelerate language acquisition.
Question 4: A teacher designs a lesson around a restaurant role-play where students must order food and handle a complaint. This is most characteristic of:
- Communicative Language Teaching (Correct answer)
- Grammar-Translation Method
- Total Physical Response
- The Silent Way
Correct answer: Communicative Language Teaching
CLT emphasizes authentic communication and functional language use in real-world scenarios like role-plays.
Question 5: Which syllabus type organizes content around functions like 'apologizing,' 'requesting,' and 'agreeing'?
- Notional-Functional syllabus (Correct answer)
- Structural syllabus
- Lexical syllabus
- Process syllabus
Correct answer: Notional-Functional syllabus
A notional-functional syllabus sequences content by communicative functions and notions rather than grammar points.
Question 6: In Task-Based Language Teaching, the 'pre-task' phase primarily serves to:
- Activate background knowledge and introduce task vocabulary (Correct answer)
- Assess learners' grammar accuracy with a written test
- Provide explicit grammar instruction for the target structure
- Have students present their completed task to the class
Correct 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.
Question 7: Which method involves learners sitting in a circle and whispering sentences to their teacher-counselor, who translates and models the target language?
- Community Language Learning (Correct answer)
- Direct Method
- Audiolingualism
- Content-Based Instruction
Correct answer: Community Language Learning
Community Language Learning, developed by Charles Curran, treats the classroom as a counseling session where learners control topic choice.
TEFL Teaching Methodologies and Approaches 2
Which approach treats language learning as acquiring habits through stimulus-response drills?