MIDTERM TEST

Name: _____________________________ Class: _____________________________

Students ID: _____________________________

Exercise 1: Fill in the following blanks with suitable words from the box
1.1. Grammar Translation Method

the rules reading mother tongue content

drills disconnected elaborate explanation target language
pronunciation isolated word lists analysis

According to Prator and Celce-Murcia (1979:3), the key features of the Grammar
Translation Method are as follows:

(1) Classes are taught in the _____________________, with little active use of the target
language.

(2) Much vocabulary is taught in the form of _____________________

(3) Long _____________________of the intricacies of grammar are given.

(4) Grammar provides _____________________for putting words together, and

instruction often focuses on the form and inflection of words.

(5) _____________________ of difficult classical texts is begun early.

(6) Little attention is paid to the _____________________ of texts, which are treated as
exercises in in grammatical _____________________.

(7) Often the only ________________are exercises in translating _________________

sentences from the _____________________into the mother tongue.

(8) Little or no attention is given to _____________________.

1.2. The Audiolingual Method

memorization structural patterns error-free structures

dialog form vocabulary visual aids
mother tongue responses
pronunciation disregard grammatical explanation

Here is a summary of the key features of the Audiolingual Method, taken from Brown
(1994:57) and adapted from Prator and Celce-Murcia (1979).

(1) New material is presented in _________________.

(2) There is dependence on mimicry, _________________ of set phrases, and
overlearning.

(3) _________________ are sequenced by means of contrastive analysis and taught one
at a time.
(4) _________________are taught using repetitive drills.

(5) There is little or no ________________________. Grammar is taught by inductive

analogy rather than deductive explanation.

(6) _________________ is strictly limited and learned in context.

(7) There is much use of tapes, language labs, and _________________.

(8) Great importance is attached to _________________.

(9) Very little use of the _________________by teachers is permitted.

(10) Successful _________________ are immediately reinforced.

(11) There is great effort to get students to produce _________________utterances.

(12) There is a tendency to manipulate language and _________________ content.

1.3. Communicative Language Teaching

communicate texts opportunities process interaction

elements link personal experiences language activation

David Nunan (1991:279) lists five basic characteristics of Communicative Language

Teaching:

(1) An emphasis on learning to _________________ through interaction in the target

language.

(2) The introduction of authentic _________________ into the learning situation.

(3) The provision of _________________ for learners to focus, not only on the language
but also on the learning _________________ itself.

(4) An enhancement of the learner's own _________________as important contributing

_________________to classroom learning.

(5) An attempt to _________________ classroom language learning with

_____________________ outside the classroom.
Question 2: Briefly describe how learning styles affect language teaching and
learning
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