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Syntax in L2 Methods
100

We rose at five a.m. in the morning to practice our grammar exercises, a task we looked forward to more and more eagerly as the semester drew on. 

What is "A.M." or "in the morning?"

100

A person, place, thing or idea (what a sentence is about)

What is a subject?

100

A term for a bound morpheme.

What is an affix?

100

Leave it alone!

What is the imperative?

100

Cuisenaire rods may be used to indicate word patterns in a sentence.

What is the Silent Way?

200

Let me be you're guide to trustworthy sites on the internet. 

What is your? 

200

A group of words which does not contain a verb.

What is a phrase?

200

A sound chiefly consisting of the exhalation of breath

What is to aspirate?

200

These describe the sentence-level and sub-sentence level structures of the language.

What are phrase structure rules?

200

Syntax may be taught in specific lessons and contextualized in academic content.

What is CALLA or SIOP?

300

That report about me taking "bribes" is nothing but Fake News!

What are quotation marks? What is fake news? What is my?

That report about my taking bribes is nothing but fake news. 

300

A verb form functioning as an adjective.

What is a participle? 

300

Moving between two languages within the same discourse.

What is code switching?

300

sm

What is a sentence modifier?

300

Syntax is taught directly. Students study the order of words and the structure of phrases in the new language.

What is Grammar Translation Method?

400

The dish ran away with the spoon to a hipster neighborhood in Brooklyn, where the fork and the knife soon joined them in a polyamorous relationship.

What is a correct sentence? 

400

A sentence containing two or more independent clauses and a dependent clause.

What is a compound-complex sentence?

400

A combination, or coarticulation, of a plosive and a fricative, e.g. Spanish ch.

What is an affricate?

400

The boys eat lunch in the city. 

What is a PrepP?

400

Syntax is not taught directly but is contextualized in exercises and role-plays with a low affective filter. (Hint: purple couches and soothing music)

What is suggestopedia? 

500

If in your own judgement you cannot be an honest lawyer, resolve to be honest without being a lawyer. 

What is a correct sentence? 

500

A verb form beginning with to, plus its modifiers and compliments.

What is an infinitive verb? 

500

Having a common linguistic ancestor.

What is a cognate?

500

Harry works because he has to pay bills. 

What is adv sub?

500

The focus is on vocabulary rather than syntax, but exercises contextualize vocabulary in sentences, so syntax is taught inductively. 

What is the Direct Method?

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