ABC QUIZ

Learner-centered classroom

Focuses on recognizing learner contributions, building on prior knowledge, linking to life experiences, promoting active participation, encouraging collaborative learning, and fostering critical thinking.

Recognizing learner contributions

Involves encouraging learners to share their ideas and experiences as part of the lesson.

Building on prior knowledge

Starting with what learners already know and using their existing knowledge and skills to enhance learning.

Linking curriculum content to life experiences

Makes learning relevant and bridges the gap between the real world and academics.

Active participation

Engaging learners in negotiating meaning and discovering new things.

Collaborative learning benefits

Fosters a sense of community, diverse perspectives, and shared experiences among learners.

Critical thinking in a learner-centered classroom

Stimulates learners to become independent thinkers and engage in higher-order thinking.

Teacher's role in a learner-centered classroom

Shifts from being a source of information to a facilitator who guides the learning process, encourages exploration, and stimulates thinking.

Cognitively demanding and context-embedded activities

Encourage deep learning, critical thinking, higher-order thinking skills, engagement, real-world problem-solving, differentiation, assessment of understanding, and language skill development.

Behaviorist concept of language learning

Learning language through imitation and repetition, with reinforcement from positive feedback.

Criticism of behaviorist approach to language learning

Fails to account for the ability to create novel constructions and make logical mistakes.

Innatism in language learning

Humans have a natural ability to acquire language through an innate Language Acquisition Device (LAD) with universal grammar.

Krashen's Input Hypothesis

Language acquisition occurs through exposure to comprehensible input slightly above the learner's current level (i+1).

Affective Filter Hypothesis

A low-anxiety environment facilitates language acquisition by reducing emotional barriers.

Krashen's impact on Communicative Language Teaching (CLT)

Emphasizes meaningful communication, a supportive environment, prioritizing fluency over accuracy, using authentic materials, and promoting interactive activities.