GTM
Direct Method
Audiolingual
CLT
Natural
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What is the history of the Grammar-Translation method?
The Grammar-Translation method was the method traditionally used by scholars before it was common for everyone to go to school. They were typically only reading ancient Greek and Latin texts and had no need to speak or really communicate in the language.
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Why was the Direct method created?
It was created as a response and reform the Grammar-Translation method.
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How was the Audiolingual method created?
The Audiolingual grew out of the Direct method but with modifications from behaviorists in the 1920s and 1930s.
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When did the CLT method become popular?
It became popular in the eighties.
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Who created the Natural method?
Stephen Krashen
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Is the Grammar-Translation method still in use today?
It is still in use in many contexts in the world where there is less emphasis on communication in the target language.
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Is the Direct method still used today?
Yes; you can still find many classrooms around the world adhering to a direct method style.
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What is the stimulus-response-reinforcement model?
It is the idea that when presented with a stimulus, humans will have a response, but reinforcement will determine their responses in the future. Through this model, creatures can be conditioned to stimuli.
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What is the most important idea in CLT?
The most important idea is that students need to be involved in communicative language tasks that are meaningful in order to effectively learn language.
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What is the main belief of the Natural method?
The main belief is that second language learning should mimic first language learning, and the method tries to carry this out.
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What are the main features of the Grammar-Translation method?
The Grammar-Translation method mostly focuses on explaining explicit grammar points (usually in the first language) and then translating vocabulary words and texts in the target language.
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What is the main premise of the Direct method?
Only the target language should be used at all times.
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What are some disadvantages of the Audiolingual method?
It focuses much on accuracy, does not place language in realistic contexts, and focuses generally just on sentences or small chunks of language.
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What are some examples of activities that might be done in a CLT classroom?
CLT often uses role-play and simulation, and students might practice booking a flight, finding train times, or writing a letter.
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How does the Natural method treat student production?
It emphasizes that student production should not be forced, that they will speak in their own time, and says that students may have a silent period much like children learning a first language.
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What is a main disadvantage of the Grammar-Translation method?
One disadvantage is that it places little emphasis on communication and thus does not help students learn to communicate in the target language.
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What are some disadvantages of the Direct method?
It still focuses much on accuracy rather than fluency and generally only focuses on sentences rather than larger texts.
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How is the Audiolingual method carried out?
Students verbally repeat chunks of language with small changes every time.
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What are some advantages of the CLT method?
It tries to develop communicative fluency in students and is focused on the learners' needs.
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What is comprehensible input and how is it important to the natural method?
Comprehensible input is language input that the students can reasonably understand, but that pushes them a little beyond their level. It is important to the natural method because if the input is too challenging, the students may become demotivated. However, a little bit of a push is necessary in order for students to learn.
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Name another feature of the Grammar-Translation method.
It is very focused on accuracy.
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What or who is the best known proponent of the Direct method?
The Berlitz School of Languages
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The Audiolingual method could benefit students with which learning style?
Students with an auditory learning style
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Name three disadvantages of the CLT method.
One is that is biased towards native-speaking teachers as it requires teachers to be highly proficient in order to respond to whatever problems the students might have. Another is that it focuses more on fluency at the expense of accuracy. Lastly, some people argue that the activities in CLT are not truly more "real" than activities in other methods.
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How is the Natural method enacted when the first language is not used?
The method extensively uses visual aids, and teachers are expected to modify their speech to aid their students as much as possible and provide comprehensible input.
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