Please Discuss the Following Concepts in Short Essays, Giving As Much Information As Possible

Español 400-500 / Français 400-500 Deutsch 400-500 / TESL 400-500 Quiz 1 ~ Chapter 1

Instructions: Please discuss the following concepts in short essays, giving as much information as possible.

1. Please explain the concepts of foreign language/second language/target language/L1/L2, and

discuss the concept of learning vs. acquisition.

2. Please discuss the following, giving as much explanation as possible; include the names of

the theorists associated with these terms:

input hypothesis / interaction hypothesis / output hypothesis

3. Please explain the Zone of Proximal Development hypothesis and the concept of scaffolding.

4. Explain the concept of i + 1 .

5. Describe some of the most obvious implications for classroom teaching of the concepts discussed in Chapter 1. Quiz, Chapter 2 Contextualizing Language Instruction to Address Goals of the Standards

1. Put the following "methods" in order according to their chronology in the history of language teaching.

___Rassias (Dartmouth) Method ___Grammar-Translation Method ___Standards-based teaching; communicative approaches ___TPR (which means______) ___Natural Approach ___Teaching for Proficiency (“No particular method”) ___Direct Method ___ALM ___Cognitive approaches

2. Explain the impact of ALM on today’s methods.______

3. The Proficiency Model defines language ability in four areas; name each and give an example:

Area Example(s) ______; ______

______; ______

4. Briefly describe how the "National Standards for Foreign Language Learning” –or- the “ESL Standards” are structured, explaining the goals and standards. ______

5. Briefly describe the differences between bottom-up and top-down approaches to teaching or learning. ______6. What are some kinds of activities one might use in a top-down standards-based chapter plan? ______

7. Referring to Episode Two (p. 67), Explain briefly what context and language functions you proposed to use, and what “authentic oral text” you proposed in planning for teaching the past tense.

8. (Chapter 3): Give brief general explanations of the following:

 “teacher talk” ______ “authentic texts” ______ “Bloom’s Taxonomy” ______ “Content-based language instruction” ______