Traditional Methods - Language teaching

What was the first Language Teaching Method?

• Grammar-Translation

• Audiolingual

• Direct Method

• Suggestopedia

What are some features of the Grammar-Translation Method?

• Ss first study the parts of speech and syntax in detail.

• The mother tongue is used to teach English.

• English is used to give instructions.

• Students are asked to speak in English

What are the abilities that Grammar-Translation enhances?

• Listening

• Speaking

• Reading

• Writing

Grammar-translation has been criticised because Ss doesn't think in English.

• True

• False

It is also known as the "natural method"

• Grammar-Translation

• The Direct Method

• Audiolingual

• Suggestopedia

The Direct Method demands only native speaker teachers

• True

• False

Students will learn to communicate in the target language, partly by learning how to think in that language and by not involving L1 in the language learning process

• Grammar-Translation

• The Direct Method

• Audio lingual

• Suggestopedia

This method was also known as the "Army Method"

• Grammar-Translation

• The Direct Method

• Audio lingual

• Suggestopedia

Language being studied through extensive repetition and a variety of elaborate drills.

• Grammar-Translation

• The Direct Method

• Audio lingual

• Suggestopedia

It uses a lot of dialogs, memorization of set phrases, and overlearning.

• Grammar-Translation

• The Direct Method

• Audio lingual

• Suggestopedia