Define methodology? - Ans-Set of techniques used to meet specific needs of students
Each has a focus, aim and answer to questions such as:
-What do you expect from students?
-What kind of atmosphere are ypou going to maintain?
What are components of teaching methodoloy? - Ans-Priorities for lesson
whats in the lesson plan
order of lesson plan
Define teaching style? - Ans-Refers to my attitude and demeanour when I teach
Do i smile?
Are you strict?
How do you answer questions?
What is total physical response and who founded it? - Ans-James Asher 1977
children acquiring their first language do a lot of listening before they speak which is accompanied by
physical responses
TPR methods try replicate safe envi like child learning first language
using physical tasks along side listening to learn language e.g simon says
What is the Audiolingual method/Army method? - Ans-No textbooks used, teacher would verbally give
students words and they would reply
,Aim to get students to speak english using basic grammar within shortest time evaluated efficiency by
how quickly students became fluent
pro linguistic designed lessons while native speaker taught them
10hour classes 6days a week for 6 weeks - expected fluency with 2 or 3 courses
When was the AArmy/Audiolingual method introdcued? - Ans-world war 2
and gave strong external motivations to learn
additionally learnt french and italian in order to survive in combat
jobs such as
translator
pilot
medic
reappeared in 1950s america with mass migration to states and universities - need to learn to survive
What are the assumptions of Audiolingual method? - Ans-Students are already motivated to learn (not
much focus on making entertaining)
Like structural linguistics
behavioral psychology, learning proceeds through instances of stimulus, response, and reinforcement.
Positive reinforcement could take the form of praise from the teacher or from classmates, or from a
sense of self-satisfaction. Negative reinforcement could take the form of criticism from the teacher, a
correction, or the silent treatment. So, then with behavioral psychology, learning takes place when
specific stimuli elicit specific responses.
, What is structural linguistics? - Ans-language is a system of structural elements, including phonological
units, grammatical units, and lexical items.
If structures are presented in a systematic way, students will internalize those structures and later be
fluent insofar as they can produce original sentences using the structures they have learned.
What are 8 key points of audiolingual method? - Ans-Students are soon going to live in an environment
in which the target language is spoken.
Students are exposed as much as possible to the target language.
New words and patterns are introduced in a systematic fashion, with a view toward structural linguistics.
Practice means repetition.
Students should accurately and quickly repeat.
Practice makes perfect.
Students will gradually absorb grammar patterns.
Language is speech, not the printed word.
What is Situational Language teaching? slt - Ans-practice of basic structures in meaningful situation-
based activities
Carefully selected lexical items and grammar structures
Gradationally situations become more difficult