Grammar-Based Methods
Which method emphasizes translation of texts and memorization of grammar rules?
What is Grammar-Translation?
This method uses TL-only, with inductive grammar teaching.
What is the Direct Method?
Which method has learners respond physically to commands?
What is Total Physical Response (TPR)?
Which approach emphasizes fluency, interaction, and communicative competence?
What is Communicative Language Teaching (CLT)?
Which approach organizes instruction around completing real-world tasks?
What is Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT)?
This approach focuses on reading comprehension as the primary goal of instruction.
What is the Reading Approach?
Which method emphasized drills, dialogues, and habit formation?
What is the Audiolingual Method (ALM)?
Which method emphasizes relaxation, music, and roleplay?
What is Suggestopedia?
Which approach emphasizes functional survival skills and measurable outcomes?
What is Competency-Based Language Teaching (CBLT)?
Which approach is rooted in Paulo Freire’s ideas of critical pedagogy?
What is the Participatory Approach?
One major weakness of Grammar-Translation is ___________.
What is neglect of speaking and listening / lack of communicative use?
The Audiolingual Method was based on which psychological theory?
What is behaviorism?
Which method uses colored rods and minimal teacher talk?
What is the Silent Way?
Which approach focuses on comprehensible input in a low-stress environment?
What is the Natural Approach?
What is the main goal of the Participatory Approach?
What is learner empowerment / addressing social realities?
Which later method reacted directly against Grammar-Translation by promoting TL-only instruction?
What is the Direct Method?
Name one criticism of the Audiolingual Method.
What is “speech was mechanical, not communicative” OR “failed to transfer to real-life communication.”
In Community Language Learning, the teacher acts as a __________.
What is a counselor?
Which approach integrates language and subject matter instruction?
What is Content-Based Instruction (CBI)?
Today, most teachers don’t stick to a single method. This is known as __________.
What is eclecticism or post-method approach?
Name one strength and one weakness of the Reading Approach.
Strength = builds vocabulary for academic texts; Weakness = neglects oral/aural skills.
Which approach replaced behaviorism with the view of language learning as rule acquisition?
What is the Cognitive Approach?
What do all Humanistic Methods have in common?
What is emphasis on affect, lowering anxiety, and learner-centeredness.
In CLT, accuracy is less important than __________.
What is fluency / communicative meaning-making?
Why is “principled eclecticism” considered better than simply mixing methods randomly?
Because it tailors choices to context, learner needs, and goals, avoiding inconsistency.