Methodology
Teaching Speaking
Teaching Reading
Teaching Listening & Culture
Classroom Management
100

What are the three P’s?

  • Presentation

  • Practice

  • Production

100

Give an example of an appropriate dialogue couplet to teach beginners using the following vocabulary; weather, sunny, hot.

Great job!

100

What are the three ‘while reading’ tasks that we do in building reading strategies?

Skimming

Scanning

Comprehension

100

What are the 3 types of listening questions?

Gist

Selective 

Intensive

100

How should you praise your students & why shouldn’t you praise them excessively?

  • Be genuine with your praise

  • Praise/criticize the behavior, not the student

  • If you use praise excessively, it will lose its value

200

How long should each section of a 60-minute lesson plan take?

(Warmer, 3 P’s, Cooler)

Warmer: 3-5 min

Presentation: 10-15 min

Practice: 15-20 min

Production: 15-20 min

Cooler: 3-5 min 

200

What are the benefits of Teacher Talk Time?

  1. Presenting & Modeling

  2. Providing language input

  3. Giving instructions/setting up activities

  4. Establishing rapport
200

What is the purpose of skimming and what might you ask students after skimming?

To confirm the prediction and get an overall idea of the story

E.g. “What do you think the story is about?”

200

Give 3 selective listening and 3 intensive listening question examples for a listening passage titled ‘My Day At Holland English’.

Excellent!

200

What are the 3 types of learning that were discussed in the classroom management module?

- Visual

- Auditory

- Kinesthetic

300

What are the benefits of the 3 P’s?

Structured


Standardized


Combines the DM & CA


Easy for supply teachers to take over

300

What are the characteristics of a successful speaking production activity, what are some of the challenges of teaching speaking and what are some ways of overcoming these challenges?

Characteristics

  1. Learners talk a lot

  2. Participation is even

  3. Motivation is high

  4. Language is appropriate

  5. Teacher is modeling and monitoring


Challenges

  1. Inhibition (shy/afraid)

  2. Nothing to say (uninterested/don’t understand)

  3. Low or uneven participation (don’t understand instructions/activity is too challenging)

  4. Speaking in the mother tongue

300

What information is sought after with scanning questions?

Give TWO example questions for an imaginary text titled ‘Lan’s Smelly Socks’.

A specific piece of information like names, places, times, and dates

300

DAILY DOUBLE!

Have a short conversation in Vietnamese with someone on your team.

Hay Quá!

300

Compare the characteristics of young learners with adolescents.

Young Learners

  • Naturally curious

  • View teachers as authority

  • Seek teacher approval

  • Short attention span

  • Need lots of encouragement


Adolescents

  • Value peer approval

  • Teacher can be viewed negatively

  • Overall confidence is low

  • Students are much more shy

  • Peer pressure can affect students

400

DAILY DOUBLE!

What is Task-Based Learning?

With which students does TBL usually work best?

Give 1 example of a TBL activity.

  • Using the CA to perform practical tasks.

  • Activities based on real-world situations.

  • Usually works better with older students.

  • Can be challenging with younger/lower-level students, as they don’t have the necessary language yet

400

DAILY DOUBLE!

How do we advise incorporating grammar into a lesson? Name a grammar point that is suitable for beginners, intermediate & advanced students.

We incorporate grammar indirectly as apposed to making it the primary topic. We incorporate grammar subtly so students can learn & pick up on the subtle nuances of grammar and model our speech.

Beginners – tenses (past/present/future)

Intermediate – gerunds, idioms, infinitives & superlatives

Advanced – passive voice, indirect speech, conditionals

400

Explain what a comprehension question is and give two examples (imagine your class has just finished reading a text titled ‘Bia Saigon – A Teacher’s Tale’).

Comprehension requires learners to understand the text more deeply – they must synthesize facts based on the text.

400

Name 3 features of listening

  • A receptive skill

  • A problem-solving activity

  • Listener draws inferences to come to a conclusion

  • A few understood items can create global understanding

  • The discourse is often unplanned

  • Only one opportunity to receive the message

400

DAILY DOUBLE!

What are 4 reasons students might misbehave and how can you deal with it?

Power (student feels important when they are in control): give the student a different task.


Revenge (student feels disliked): Avoid retaliation, and help the child.


Inadequacy (student feels they cannot do it): Encourage the student.


Attention (student wants to be noticed): Don’t feed into it.

500

Compare and contrast the characteristics of the DM and CA.

Direct Method

  • Fluency Focussed

  • Highly Visual

  • Structured

  • Teacher-Centric

  • Drilling & Repetition


Communicative Approach

  • Fluency Focussed

  • Students can experiment with the language

  • Group/Pair Work

  • Student-Centric

  • Teacher is a facilitator

  • Students can express themselves

500

Give an example of a theme, warmer, 3 vocab words, and production activity for the topic of 'Valentine's Day'.

The students are 18 year old intermediates.

Excellent!

500

DAILY DOUBLE!

What are the benefits and challenges of teaching reading? 

Name at least two of each.

Benefits

  • A good model for language

  • Students can mirror sentence structure

  • Students learn punctuation & tonality

  • Learned vocabulary is put into context

  • New vocabulary is learned through context

  • Students can work at their own pace

Challenges

  • Reading is normally something we do alone

  • Tough for students to concentrate

  • Might have a wide spectrum of skills in one class

500

How might you design your lessons to align with the culture of your students?

- Get to know your students to find out what they are interested in.

- Do more group activities - Vietnam is a collectivist country.

- Learn about Vietnamese culture to keep your lessons culturally appropriate.

500

What is effective CM and what are 3 examples of proactive and 3 examples of reactive CM?

  • Effective discipline

  • Being prepared for class

  • Motivating your students

  • Creating a safe, comfortable learning environment

  • Building your students' self-esteem

  • Being creative & imaginative in daily lessons

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