TEFL Unit 1 Test Answers
Suggestopedia - CORRECT ANSWER-The teacher asks the students to sit on
beanbags on the floor and to listen to gentle classical music. The teacher then
reads a text while the students listen and relax.
Communicative Approach - CORRECT ANSWER-The teacher works hard to
ensure that as many activities as possible focus on interaction in the classroom,
with this interaction being both the means and the goal of learning the language.
Activities used will include role play, interviews, games, activities, and pair work.
The ability to interact in the new language is the key to all that is done in the
classroom with a focus on meaningful functional language.
Grammar-Translation Method - CORRECT ANSWER-The teacher focuses most
of their attention on grammatical points, often explaining rules in depth and in the
learner's L1 if possible. Learners begin by reading and writing with the teacher,
ensuring that mistakes are not made in the structure of the language produced,
at the expense of fluency and verbal communication.
Eclectic Method - CORRECT ANSWER-The teacher varies the techniques and
approaches they use in the classroom based on what they believe works best for
different items they are teaching and the students in the class. Some activities
may focus on grammatical accuracy, others on fluency, and others on tasks and
projects.
Natural Approach - CORRECT ANSWER-Attempts to mirror the processes of
learning a first language -- there is a focus on communication rather than explicit
grammar teaching. The student is not forced to speak until they are ready and
there is little error correction to reduce stress.
Direct Method - CORRECT ANSWER-A method of teaching where is it important
that L1 is never used, grammar is taught inductively, concrete vocabulary is
introduced through demonstration, mime, and pictures and abstract vocabulary is
introduced through association of ideas. Used by Berlitz language schools.
Audio-Lingual Method - CORRECT ANSWER-The teacher presents sentences to
the class and asks them all to repeat, firstly as a group and then individually with
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