Teaching Methodology
Explain quickly why planning a lesson is advantageous
You have a structure, your lessons are in compliance with the curriculum, you can memorize key points better etc.
What are Graded Readers
Texts that are graded down to a certain level appropriate for the readers
Describe the Iceberg model
Above Level: Visible/Surface Culture. Food, Dress, Drama, language, Celebrations
Below Level: Not Visible. Courtesy, concept of time, personal space, notions of adolescence, attitudes, notions of leadership etc.
Name 3 contextual factors
e.g Current state of learners, need to differentiate, what type of language needs to be practiced, clarity of presentation, pedagogical issues, means of providing feedback
List 3 reasons for using literature in class
e.g it provides meaningful context, involves a good range of vocabulary&grammar, appeals to the imagination/creativity, encourages perspective switch
Explain the concepts of High-Context and Low-Context culture and give examples
High-Context: implicit understandings ,indirect communication, non-verbal cues are often used, silence can have great meaning
Low-Context: Explicit understandings, direct communication, Verbal cues are often used
Explain the CERP Modell (Contextualization - Elaboration - Processing)
Contextualization: Establishing a situational/contextual framework for the topic of the lesson. Creating a communicative situation
Elaboration: Studetns deepen their understanding of the new content through various activities
Processing: productive use if the new informationDescribe summative & formative assessment
Sumamtive: Monitor student's learning at a given point in time. Product oriented
Formative: Monitor student learning over a period of time. Process oriented. Helps teachers recognize strengths and weaknesses
Explain the 4 C's:
Contextualisation
Confrontation
Contrasting
Coordination
Contextualisation: anchoring activities in a cultural context, the cultural information is not really the focus and plays an implicit role
Confrontation: explicit discussion of and focus in cultural information followed by activities that target this input, focus on knowledge
Contrasting: learners compare different aspects of their and the target culture and gain a new perspective on both cultures through comparison, focus on knowledge, attitudes, interpreation, cultural awareness
Coordination: targets learners' ability to look beyond their own cultural perspective, focus on knowledge, attitudes, interpretation, cultural awareness
Describe a short lesson plan about globalisation
Yay, you did it !
Explain validity, reliability, objectivity
Validity: How accurately a method measures (does what it wants to do)
Reliability: How consistently it measures (2 times, same conditions, same results)
Objectivity: Independence from the tester
List and describe the five elements of Byram's model
Attitudes: curiosity and openness
Knowledge: of social groups and their products and practives
Skills of interpreting and relating:Ability to interpret a document or event from another country, explain it and realte to documents from one's own
Skills of discovery and interaction: Ability to acquire new knowledge of a culture and it's practices, to operate knowledge in real-time interaction
Critical cultural awareness: Ability to evaluate critically and on the basis of explicit criteria perspectives