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Delta Module One Revision Course

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Syllabus area 2
Approaches and methodologies

Before you tackle this section, you should have completed the relevant section of the Module One course

This is quite a long section of the course so you may like to take it one stage at a time.


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The tasks

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State the three constituents of a methodology according to Richards and Rodgers.
Briefly explain what each one refers to.

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What are the characteristics of a grammar-translation approach?
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Who said:
The language a person originates ... is always expressed for a purpose.
and with which approach is this connected?
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What is structural linguistics?
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Who said:
We have no reason to assume ... that verbal behaviour differs in any fundamental respect from non-verbal behaviour, or that any new principles must be invoked to account for it.
What is the implication for language learning?
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Who said:
There are rules of use without which the rules of grammar would be useless.?
What was meant?
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Explain what is meant by:
   linguistic competence
   sociolinguistic competence
   discourse competence
   strategic competence
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Explain the difference between strong and weak forms of a communicative approach.
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What is a language chunk?
Give three examples.
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What is a delexicalised verb?
Give two examples.
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Cite three criticisms of the Lexical Approach.
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What are Krashen's 5 hypotheses?
Briefly explain what is meant by each of them.
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State three claimed advantages of a Task-based Learning approach.
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State three criticism of a Task-based Learning approach.
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Why does the teacher maintain silence in the Silent Way?
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What is the teacher's role in Total Physical Response lessons?
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What is the teacher's role in Community Language Learning lessons?
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There is usually a three-step procedure in Suggestopedia lessons.
What are the steps?
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What are the main characteristics of the Dogme approach?
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There are two types of noticing.
What are they?
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If you had significant problems doing these tasks, you should go back to this section of the Module One course.


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