Module 1
The ways chosen and used by learners to learn language.
What are learning strategies?
An invisible barrier that can hinder learning.
What is the affective filter?
The stage used when presenting new vocabulary.
What is 'Conveyance'?
This word modifies a noun or noun phrase or describes its referent.
What is an adjective?
Learners like to answer right away.
What are impulsive learners?
Playing a game in class is this type of motivation.
What is extrinsic?
This weak and unstressed sound is denoted by this IPA symbol / ə /.
What is the 'schwa' sound?
This is the part of a lesson that gives learners the opportunity to use what they have just been taught in a structured way.
What is controlled practice?
The teacher decides before the lesson the interaction patterns of the activities.
What is a planner?
This type of seating arrangement consist of people performing in a circle while the others are looking in.
What is a fishbowl activity?
It is the smallest unit of sound that has meaning.
What is a phoneme?
When using PPP, this is the stage in which accuracy is stressed over fluency?
What is the practice stage?
An activity used to help students bond.
What is an ice breaker?
This type of seating arrangement consists of teams of four to six students that are formed to respond to course-related questions. Discussion is informal and they are effective for generating information and ideas in a short period of time.
What are buzz groups?
The meaning of a word can change if you change this in some words.
What is (word) stress?
The teacher provides no context or communicative purpose for the grammar in the this approach.
What is the deductive approach?
It can raise energy levels, act as a springboard into the topic, and get students into ‘English’ mode.
What are advantages of a warm-up?
In a mixed-ability class, activities created to suit the level of the students.
What are graded tasks?
Words that differ in only one phonological element, and have distinct meanings.
What are minimal pairs?
Using this approach canbe time-consuming if not carefully planned.
What is the inductive approach?