Anthony's model
What is an approach?
Approach is the level at which assumptions and beliefs about language and language learning are specified.
What is an approach?
Approach defines those assumptions, beliefs, and theories about the nature of language and the nature of language learning which operate as axiomatic constructs or reference points and provide a theoretical foundation for what language teachers ultimately do with learners in classrooms.
Name one type of learning
Possible correct answers
Audiolingualism
Communicative language teaching
Task-Based Language Teaching
The Silent Way
Interactive games
Communicative Language Teaching and Task-Based Language Teaching
The view of the learner as a processor, performer, initiator, problem solver, etc. Is an example of?
Learners roles
What is Richards's full name?
Jack C. Richards
What is a method?
Method is the level at which theory is put into practice and at which choices are made about the particular skills to be taught, the content to be taught, and the order in which the content will be presented.
It sees language as a vehicle for the realization of interpersonal relations and for the performance of social transactions between individuals.
Interactional model
This theory views language as a communicative activity in which the social context is central.
Sociocultural model
The interactional patterns that develop between teachers and learners. Is an example of?
Teacher's roles
In what year was the book Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching published?
1986
What is a technique?
Technique is the level at which classroom procedures are described.
The view that language is a system of structurally related elements for the coding of meaning.
Structural model
This theory prioritizes the role of lexis and lexical chunks or phrases in language and highlights the interrelatedness of grammar and vocabulary.
Lexical model
Mention one example of instructional materials
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Textbook, DVD’s, computer software.
What is Rodgers's full name?
Theodore S. Rodgers
What is Anthony's model for?
Anthony’s model serves as a useful way of distinguishing between different degrees of abstraction and specifity found in different language teaching proposals.
What is design?
Design, specifies the relationship of theories of language and learning to both the form and function of instructional materials and activities in instructional settings.
This theory was based on the view that learning is a process in which specific behaviors are acquired in response to specific stimuli.
Behaviorism
What is procedure?
Procedure comprises the classroom techniques and practices which are consequences of particular approaches and designs.
In what year was Anthony's model published?
1965
Why didn't Anthony's method work?
Although Anthony’s original proposals has the advantage of simplicity and comprensiveness, it does not give sufficient attention to the nature of a method itself.
Grammatical, lexical, functional are examples of?
The syllabus
This theory draws on the work of Jean Piaget, John Dewey, and Lev Vygotsky
Constructivism
The ways in which particular teaching activities are used for practicing language. Is an example of?
Is an example of the three dimensions to the method at the level of procedure.
What is Anthony's full name?
Edward Mason Anthony Jr.