6- Teaching Approaches And Instructional Issues

Question 1

Direct method

Answer 1

Priority to oral expression and avoided recourse to the learner’s native language

Question 2

Grammar translation method

Answer 2

A teaching method with an emphasis on grammar and translation of sentences

Question 3

Audiolingual method

Answer 3

Behaviourist principles
Good language habits through repetitive drills and pattern practices

Question 4

Total physical response

Answer 4

Allows learners to wait until they are ready to speak, but asks them to carry out actions

Question 5

Communicative approach or Communicative Language Teaching (CLT)

Answer 5

Emphasizes using techniques that engage learners in the pragmatic, authentic, functional use of language for meaningful puposes

Question 6

Task-based Instruction (TBI) or Task-based Language Teaching (TBLT)

Answer 6

Related to CLT, emphasize learning outcomes in the form of tasks, what learners are able to do with the language

Question 7

Focus on form

Answer 7

Placing an emphasis on formal aspects of language in the classroom by isolating them for practice through exercises, rather than drawing attention to forms through meaningful activities

Question 8

Input enhancement

Answer 8

Various means of drawing attention to aspects of the target language, such as underlining or using bold type, so that students will notice and learn them