Vocabulary
We do this to show students the meaning of a word.
Example: The teacher says "apple" and holds an apple.
Potential Answers: Prompting, Conveying Meaning, Instructions, Eliciting, ICQs
What is conveying meaning?
The purpose of a stage of the lesson.
What are stage aims?
In this interaction pattern, students work together to accomplish a task.
Possible Answers: Closed Pair, Group Work, Mingle/Mill, Open Class - Student Led, Open Pair, Teams.
What is group work?
To tell someone they have done well, e.g. That’s excellent. Well done!
Possible answers: Ask for Clarification, Clarify, Model, Narrate, Praise, Prompt
What is praise?
THis person organises the learning space and makes rules for classroom behaviour.
Potential answers: Assesor, Planner, Informer, Manager, Monitor, Involver, Diagnostician, Resource/Friend
What is a manager?
We do this to encourage or help students speak.
Example: "The capitol of France is ..."
Potential Answers: Prompting, Conveying Meaning, Instructions, Eliciting, ICQs
What is prompting?
The most important aim of a lesson. We make the freer practice match this aim.
What are main aims?
In this interaction pattern, students can move around and talk to any other student. There is no set structure.
Possible Answers: Closed Pair, Group Work, Mingle/Mill, Open Class - Student Led, Open Pair, Teams.
What is mingle/mill?
A clear example of the target language for students to save as a record. This can be either spoken or written.
Possible answers: Ask for Clarification, Clarify, Model, Narrate, Praise, Prompt
What is model?
This person evaluates why learners are making mistakes or having difficulties.
Potential answers: Assesor, Planner, Informer, Manager, Monitor, Involver, Diagnostician, Resource/Friend
What is a diagnostician?
These are unnecessary words or things we say as teachers. They may distract or frustrate students.
Potential Answers: Conveying meaning, Eliciting, Incidental Language, Prompting, ICQs, Giving Instructions
What is incidental language?
A smaller aim of a lesson. there can be more than one.
What are subsidiary aims?
In this interaction pattern, two students act as examples for the rest of class. The teacher controls the interaction.
Possible Answers: Closed Pair, Group Work, Mingle/Mill, Open Class - Student Led, Open Pair, Teams.
What are closed pairs?
To ask for an explanation of what a speaker means, e.g. What I mean is…. What do you mean?
Possible answers: Ask for Clarification, Clarify, Model, Narrate, Praise, Prompt
What is a asking for clarification?
This person observes and tests students' progress.
Potential answers: Assesor, Planner, Informer, Manager, Monitor, Involver, Diagnostician, Resource/Friend
Who is an assessor?
We ask these questions after we give directions to confirm students understand the assignment.
Potential Answers: Prompting, Conveying Meaning, Instructions, Eliciting, ICQs
What are ICQs?
Something the teacher wants to improve about his or her teaching.
What are personal aims?
In this interaction pattern, sets of students compete against each other.
Possible Answers: Closed Pair, Group Work, Mingle/Mill, Open Class - Student Led, Open Pair, Teams.
What are teams?
To tell a story or talk about something that has happened.
Possible answers: Ask for Clarification, Clarify, Model, Narrate, Praise, Prompt
What is narrate?
This person makes sure all the learners are taking part in the activities.
Potential answers: Assesor, Planner, Informer, Manager, Monitor, Involver, Diagnostician, Resource/Friend
Who is an involver?
We do this to give students ideas to speak.
Example: Who can talk about their favorite vacation?
Potential Answers: Prompting, Conveying Meaning, Instructions, Eliciting, ICQs
What is eliciting?
An overall term we use for purposes of a lesson or activity.
What are aims?
In this interaction pattern, a student or group of students gives a presentation or teaches a concept. The students have control of the class.
Possible Answers: Closed Pair, Group Work, Mingle/Mill, Open Class - Student Led, Open Pair, Teams.
What is open class, student led?
To help learners think of ideas or to remember a word or phrase by giving them a part of it or by giving another kind of clue.
Possible answers: Ask for Clarification, Clarify, Model, Narrate, Praise, Prompt
What is prompt?
This person checks on students while they are working.
Potential answers: Assesor, Planner, Informer, Manager, Monitor, Involver, Diagnostician, Resource/Friend
Who is a monitor?