Teaching Methods
CLT Key Terms
100

Which teaching method relies on using the students first language to teach English and utilizes mostly a focus on memorizing vocabulary, learning grammar rules, and translating text?

Grammar Translation Method or Classical Method
100

Which principle of CLT concerns students being able to automatically produce language with little or no thought? 

Automaticity

200
Which teaching method utilized language labs to have students participate in pronunciation drills and drilling. The focus was on "almost perfect" pronunciation and speaking without errors. 

The Audiolingual Method

200

Which principle of CLT states that teachers should ensure that students can bring knowledge from other classes and subjects into the class they are currently in?

Transfer

300

Which teaching method used the teacher as a counselor and had students sit in a circle with the teacher standing on the outside? This method encouraged students to speak in their L1 and then the teacher would translate it into English, and student would repeat. All interactions were recorded for later listening practice. 

Community Language Learning

300

Which principle of CLT concerns students' willingness to communicate and collaborate with each other and with the teacher?

Interaction

400

Which teaching method was based on problem solving and independent learning in which students had to use colored rods to create language and solve problems?

The Silent Way

400

Which principle of CLT concerns students' language ego and their imagined learning community?

Identity and or Investment

500
Which method was based on a scholar's failed attempt to learn German by memorizing grammar books and lists of vocabulary?

Gouin's Series Method

500

Which type of motivation occurs when students study in response to negative pressure from their parents or teachers?

Extrinsic motivation