Reading/Listening
What are receptive skills?
Receptive skills are language skills that require learners to recognise the language but don't produce it (listening and reading)
What is MPF?
meaning, pronunciation, form
What approach is better to use with kids (7-9 y.o.)? Why?
PPP (students don't have enough experience for other approaches)
What is the type of teaching writing when students have a model of the text?
Product writing
Name 3 ways of asking CCQs
yes/no question, 50/50 question, opposite, etc.
What is a gist task?
A task that focuses on understanding the main idea of a text.
What do we put meaning before the form?
Students can't read always read the word correctly when they see it first time
What is TBL?
Guided discovery (students discover the rules themselves)
What type of correction do we use on freer speaking pracise? Why?
delayed
Name 3 charactetistics of CCQs and ICQs
short, clear, easy language
What is the purpose of a pre-listening task?
To activate schemata and prepare students for the topic. They may also learn some vocabulary to do the further task successfully
What stage do we have after MPF?
Controlled practice
What stage do we have before Guided discovery?
Reading/Listening 1,2
How can you organise peer feedback on the post-writing stage?
Display students' work around the classroom; let students mark the work of their partner
What is schemata? What stage should you activate it on?
students’ prior knowledge
lead-in stage
If you need to find your exact time in the timetable, what kind of reading is that?
What is TTT? Compare it with PPP.
Test-Teach-Test (at first, we check students' knowledge and then teach unknown words)
What controlled practice can you provide on grammar?
Gap fill, unscramble the sentence, correct the mistakes, multiple choice, etc.
What do we focus on when we teach writing?
Focus on layout and language focus
Name 3 types of mistakes. Which ones should we always correct?
slip, errors, attempts
What words should you pre-teach?
The most difficult ones which can prevent students from understanding the text
What are receptive and productive games? Give examples
Receptive games check that students recognise TL (name the number, show a card, step on the card)
Productive games check that students can say TL correctly (what's missing? fast flashcards)
How can you check that students get the meaning of grammar on the stage of presentation?
Ask CCQs
What are freer speaking activties?
Dialogue, role-play, board games, etc.
Name 3 techniques of correcting a student
finger correction, asking a question, repeating the sentence till the point when the student had a mistake and pause, etc.