Teaching Methods
This method focuses on translating texts and learning grammar rules.
What is the Grammar-Translation Method?
Chomsky said humans are born with an internal system for learning language.
What is Universal Grammar?
Reading short texts carefully and studying vocabulary and grammar.
What is Intensive Reading?
Students work together to help each other learn.
What is Cooperative Learning?
A language function where students show how two things are similar and different.
What is compare and contrast?
This method uses only the target language. No translation. Focus on speaking.
What is the Direct Method?
Hymes said students need grammar plus the ability to use language in context.
What is Communicative Competence?
Reading longer texts for pleasure or general understanding.
What is Extensive Reading?
Helping students step-by-step until they can do the task alone.
What is Scaffolding?
Types of academic texts such as reports, essays, and explanations.
What are Academic Genres?
This method uses repetition, drills, and dialogues.
What is the Audiolingual Method?
Krashen said we learn language when we understand input slightly above our level.
What is the Input Hypothesis (i+1)
Explain the Discrete Approach.
What is when you teach language skills separately: reading, writing, speaking, and listening.
Adjusting content or tasks to meet different student needs.
What is Differentiation?
A genre where students explain reasons and give evidence for their ideas.
What is an argumentative text?
This approach believes learning happens through habits and reinforcement.
What is Behaviourism/Structuralism?
Long said conversation helps learning because learners negotiate meaning.
What is the Interaction Hypothesis.
What is the Integrated Approach?
Students work together to help each other learn.
What is Cooperative Learning?
An approach where learning outcomes describe what students must be able to do.
What is the Competency-Based Approach?
This approach focuses on real communication, not isolated grammar practice.
What is the Communicative Approach?
Swain said learners also need a chances to produce language to learn.
What is the Output Hypothesis?
Materials or classroom surroundings that support and motivate learning.
What are Enabling Environments.
Tasks allow learners to use their everyday background knowledge and culture.
What is Learner Diversity?
The language students need to explain, describe, compare, argue, etc.
What are Academic Language Functions.