Unit 12
Learning starts when the learners is a/an:
a) adult.
b) baby.
c) teenager.
b) baby.
Which learning style fits to the following description:
The learner learns best through watching and looking.
Visual.
L1 friends and family:
a) often correct the learners' mistakes.
b) often reformulate the learners' mistakes.
c) often discuss the learners' mistakes with them.
b) often reformulate the learners' mistakes.
These learners are mainly kinaesthetic:
a) The learners in groups tell a story based on a series of pictures they look at.
b) The learners go round the class reading posters made by the other groups.
c) The learners listen to a recording about an athlete and fill in a table.
b) The learners go round the class reading posters made by the other groups.
Radio programmes, songs, read books, magazines, use websites, download podcasts, make English-speaking friends, talk to tourist, write emails to English-speaking penfriends, etc.
Or any other valid example :)
Which learning style fits to the following description:
The learner learns best when given the opportunity to analyse things.
L1 learners' motivation to learn their first language:
a) is a part of their wish to communicate.
b) varies according to their personalities.
c) comes from their wish to learn school subjects.
a) is a part of their wish to communicate.
These learners have a short attention span:
a) The learners spend the lesson doing lots of different choral drills.
b) The learners spend the lesson reading an article on the computer about a favourite topic.
c) The learners read a story, then discuss it, then draw pictures describing it.
c) The learners read a story, then discuss it, then draw pictures describing it.
_______ is a way of learning.
a) not speaking.
b) interaction.
c) failing.
b) interaction.
Involves becoming grown up physically, mentally and emotionally.
Maturity.
L1 learners' long silent period helps them:
a) avoid making mistakes.
b) produce complex grammatical structures.
c) become familiar with language patterns.
c) become familiar with language patterns.
These learners have not yet developed their abstract thinking skills:
a) The learners read a story, then underline all the verbs ending in -ed.
b) The learners watch a DVD about healthy eating then discuss their opinions of it.
c) The learners describe their house to one another.
c) The learners describe their house to one another.
Which ways do you think would help her learn English best?
Miriam is 7. She has just started learning English at school for 3 hours a week. She is from Tunisia.
a) Watching DVDs, playing games in English, miming English songs.
b) Using English to play games in the classroom.
c) Doing lots of extra homework.
d) Using websites to chat online.
e) Studying grammar books.
f) Doing lots of communicative activities.
g) Learning through interesting topics.
h) Chatting to foreign tourists.
MULTIPLE ANSWERS ARE POSSIBLE.
a) Watching DVDs, playing games in English, miming English songs.
b) Using English to play games in the classroom.
f) Doing lots of communicative activities.
g) Learning through interesting topics.
Are the ways that learners choose and use to learn language.
Learning strategies.
Some L2 learners prefer formal language learning to acquisition because:
a) they have an analytical learning style.
b) they like taking risks.
c) they learn well autonomously.
a) they have an analytical learning style.
These learners don't like taking risks:
a) The learners write stories, practise reading first silently then aloud, and then tell them to their partners.
b) The learners look at pictures of a story and then tell their partner their story.
c) The learners each make up a story then tell it to their partner.
a) The learners write stories, practise reading first silently then aloud, and then tell them to their partners.
Which ways do you think would help him learn English best?
Bao is 33 and is from Vietnam. He learnt English at secondary school but has not studied it since. He needs to learn to speak English for his new job as a hotel manager.
a) Watching DVDs, playing games in English, miming English songs.
b) Using English to play games in the classroom.
c) Doing lots of extra homework.
d) Using websites to chat online.
e) Studying grammar books.
f) Doing lots of communicative activities.
g) Learning through interesting topics.
h) Chatting to foreign tourists.
MULTIPLE ANSWERS ARE POSSIBLE.
Maybe A-H, depending on his learning style, availability of time and degree of motivation.
Mention the 4 learning characteristics.
1. Motivation.
2. Learning styles.
3. Learning strategies.
4. Maturity.
L2 learners' errors:
a) are always very similar to those made by L1 learners.
b) can sometimes fossilise.
c) need to be corrected immediately.
b) can sometimes fossilise.
These learners are age 7 - 8:
a) The learners explain the difference between guessing and deducting meaning.
b) The learners give one another their homework for proofreading.
c) The learners use pictures to talk about their favourite sport.
c) The learners use pictures to talk about their favourite sport.