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In the grammar-translation method, learners mainly:Read the answer and worked solution →Grammar-translation mainly develops which two skills?Read the answer and worked solution →In grammar-translation, grammar rules are learned:Read the answer and worked solution →The grammar-translation method grew out of the teaching of:Read the answer and worked solution →In India, English was traditionally taught by the:Read the answer and worked solution →NCERT says the structural approach broke language into:Read the answer and worked solution →NCERT: form-focused teaching widened the gap between linguistic age and:Read the answer and worked solution →The direct method allows the teacher to use:Read the answer and worked solution →In the direct method, grammar is taught:Read the answer and worked solution →In the direct method, concrete words are taught through:Read the answer and worked solution →The direct method assumes a learner should meet a new language as:Read the answer and worked solution →Early direct-method lessons teach mainly:Read the answer and worked solution →The direct method arose as a reaction to the:Read the answer and worked solution →A recognised weakness of the direct method is:Read the answer and worked solution →The audio-lingual method is based on which theory?Read the answer and worked solution →Which activity is typical of audio-lingual lessons?Read the answer and worked solution →Audio-lingual lessons teach the four skills in the order:Read the answer and worked solution →Which method was nicknamed the "Army Method"?Read the answer and worked solution →Whose 1959 review of Skinner's Verbal Behavior weakened audio-lingualism?Read the answer and worked solution →In audio-lingualism, grammar is:Read the answer and worked solution →The main goal of communicative language teaching is:Read the answer and worked solution →In CLT, the teacher acts mainly as:Read the answer and worked solution →CLT classes use "authentic texts", meaning texts written:Read the answer and worked solution →In an information-gap activity, partners:Read the answer and worked solution →Who coined the term "communicative competence" in 1966?Read the answer and worked solution →Hymes said grammar rules would be useless without:Read the answer and worked solution →Communicative competence adds to grammar the know-how of:Read the answer and worked solution →In the Natural Approach, speech production is:Read the answer and worked solution →Terrell's stages are comprehension, early speech and:Read the answer and worked solution →Compared with the direct method, the Natural Approach stresses more:Read the answer and worked solution →

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In the grammar-translation method, learners mainly:

  1. Practise dialogues in pairs
  2. Translate using set rules
  3. Learn through action games
  4. Hold free group discussions
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Correct answer: B. Translate using set rules

1. Grammar-translation classes teach grammatical rules first. 2. Students then apply the rules by translating sentences between the target and native languages. 3. So translation with rules is the main activity, not dialogue, games or free talk. **Why not the others:** Dialogues, action games and free discussion are features of oral and communicative methods, not of grammar-translation. _Source: Wikipedia, "Grammar–translation method", section "introduction" (revision 1379279852)_

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Grammar-translation mainly develops which two skills?

  1. Listening and speaking
  2. Speaking and singing
  3. Reading and writing
  4. Pronunciation and mime
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Correct answer: C. Reading and writing

1. The method aims at reading literature in the target language. 2. Its techniques facilitate the learning of reading and writing only. 3. As a result, speaking and listening are overlooked. **Why not the others:** Listening, speaking, pronunciation, singing and mime are oral skills that this method neglects. _Source: Wikipedia, "Grammar–translation method", section "Principles and goals" (revision 1379279852)_

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In grammar-translation, grammar rules are learned:

  1. By discovering patterns
  2. Through action games
  3. Deductively, by rote
  4. By overhearing talk
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Correct answer: C. Deductively, by rote

1. Grammar-translation classes are usually run in the students' native language. 2. Rules are learned deductively, which means the rule comes first. 3. Students learn the rules by rote and then practise them in drills and translation. 4. So grammar is deductive and rote-based, not discovered. **Why not the others:** Discovering patterns is the inductive route. Action games and overheard talk give no rule-first study. _Source: Wikipedia, "Grammar–translation method", section "Method" (revision 1379279852)_

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