What is...?
What learning theory is behind the collaborative approach to teaching?
social/socio-cultural
What is the difference b/w a project and a PBL?
PBL is an instructional approach that drives the curriculum and is extended over time, is more complex. Project is more a "desert" that can be done at the end of a unit
a language function
E.g. acceptance and refusal
GTM is based on the behavioristic approach to teaching and learning
False
What is a paradigm?
An accepted norm/set of assumptions/ways of thinking that govern a particular community
Name 4 stages of guided practice by Bruner
I do, we do, you do, you do
Of an authentic material?
e.g. a map, a restaurant menue
In ALM learners focus on understanding the rules of the structures in target reading texts.
False. This is more typical of GMT
What is a key feature of CLT?
Communicative competence
Grammatical
–Sociolinguistic
–Discourse
–Strategic
What is one myth that the post-method condition rejects?
That there is one best method
a CLIL course
e.g. English for Arts
ZPD is the same thing as scaffolding
False
ZPD: The distance between the actual developmental level and the level of potential development guided by the more knowledgeable other
Scaffolding is the temporary support given to SS
What is the difference between approach, method and technique?
Approach -- a set of assumptions dealing with the nature of language teaching and learning (the theory, the philosophy of language learning)
Method - an overall plan for the orderly presentation of language material, based on the approach
A technique is implementational - that which actually takes place in a classroom
Name one principle for Adult Learning according to Knowles
SDL, prior experience, motivation, adults should know the what and how of learning
a paradigm shift in the history of ELT?
CLT/ post/method/pandemic/
Differentiated instruction is the same thing as individualised teaching.
DI provides multiple student options with varying levels of complexity.
IT focuses on an individual plan for an individual student based on their level and needs