Alternative Approach and Method in Language Teaching

In Ms. Butalid’s class, she gives commands like “Touch your nose,” “Jump,” and “Clap your hands,” while students follow the actions on video. No explanations—just listen and move!
What approach is this?

• Natural Approach

• Silent Way

• Suggestopedia

• Total Physical Response

In Ms. Cruz’s online class, she begins with a calm, classical music background while telling a story about a magical trip to another country. She uses exaggerated voice and gestures, and colorful slides to make the vocabulary stick. Students seem relaxed and engaged.
Which approach is being used?

• Suggestopedia

• Total Physical Response

• Natural Approach

• Silent Way

Students are not pressured to speak immediately. Instead, they are exposed to vocabulary and short sentences while looking at real-life pictures and hearing language in context. They respond when they feel ready.
Which approach is this?

• Community Language Learning

• Silent Way

• Natural Approach

• Total Physical Response

During a Zoom breakout room, students are encouraged to talk about their weekend in Filipino first. The teacher then helps them translate their ideas into English, guiding the structure gently without correcting too harshly.
Which approach is being applied?

• Community Language Learning

• Total Physical Response

• Suggestopedia

• Natural Approach

The teacher barely speaks. Instead, she holds up colored rods and uses facial expressions and gestures to guide learners as they build sentences themselves. Students have to observe, guess, and correct themselves as they go.
Which approach is this?

• Natural Approach

• Community Language Learning

• Suggestopedia

• Silent Way

You are using the Silent Way. Your students are having difficulty constructing correct English sentences. What should you do?

• Explain the rules and give examples

• Translate their sentences and ask them to repeat

• Use gestures or colored cues to help them discover the structure

• Ask them to stop and review the vocabulary list

You are using Suggestopedia. Your class is learning new vocabulary about emotions. What is the most appropriate strategy?

• Drill the words repeatedly with flashcards

• Write the vocabulary on the board and ask students to copy it

• Ask students to act out the words in charades

• Read a story aloud while soft music plays and point out the vocabulary naturally

You're applying the Natural Approach. Students are new to the language and seem shy to speak. What should you do?

• Allow them to listen and observe until they feel ready to speak

• Force them to speak early using sentence starters

• Correct their grammar every time they make a mistake

• Ask them to memorize vocabulary for homework

You are using Total Physical Response. You want to introduce new action verbs. What should your first step be?

• Have students read the definitions of each verb

• Play music and let students dance however they want

• Say the verb and perform the action while students observe and mimic

• Show pictures and ask students to guess the meaning

You are applying the Community Language Learning method in an online setting. A student wants to say “I went to the park,” but doesn’t know how. What should you do?

• Tell the student to search it on Google Translate

• Translate the sentence for them and explain briefly

• Let another student guess the sentence

• Ignore the attempt until the student finds a way to express it