Methodology
Teaching Speaking
Teaching Reading
Teaching Listening & Culture
Classroom Management
100

What are the benefits of using the 3 P's?

- Structured

- Standardized

- Easy for substitute teacher to take over

- Good combination of DM & CA

100

DAILY DOUBLE!

What is the recommended interaction pattern for dialogue practice?

TT – TS – ST - SS

100

What are the three ‘while reading’ tasks that we do in building reading strategies?

Skimming

Scanning

Comprehension

100

What are the 3 types of listening questions?

Gist

Selective 

Intensive

100

What is classroom management?

  • Effective discipline

  • Being prepared for class

  • Motivating your students

  • Providing a safe, comfortable learning environment

  • Building your students’ self-esteem

  • Being creative and imaginative in daily lessons

200

How long should each section of a 60-minute lesson plan take?

(Warmer, 3 P’s, ?Wrap-up)

Warmer: 3-5 min

Presentation: 10-15 min

Practice: 15-20 min

Production: 15-20 min

Cooler: 3-5 min 

200

What are the benefits of Teacher Talk Time?

  1. Presenting, Checking, Modeling

  2. Providing language input

  3. Giving instructions/setting up activities

  4. Establishing rapport

200

DAILY DOUBLE!

What is the purpose of skimming and what might you ask students after skimming?

To confirm the prediction and get an overall idea of the story

E.g. “What do you think the story is about?”

200

Name at least 3 features of listening


  • A receptive skill

  • A problem-solving activity

  • Listener draws inferences to come to a conclusion

  • A few understood items can create global understanding

  • The discourse is often unplanned

  • Only one opportunity to receive the message

200

What are 4 reasons students might misbehave and how can you deal with it?

Power (student feels important when they are in control): give the student a different task.


Revenge (student feels disliked): Avoid retaliation, and help the child.


Inadequacy (student feels they cannot do it): Encourage the student.


Attention (student wants to be noticed): Don’t feed into it.

300

Compare the characteristics of the DM & CA.

DM

  1. Teacher-Centric           

  2. Highly Visual

  3. Structured

  4. Drilling & Repetition

  5. Accuracy Focussed

CA

  1. Student-Centric

  2. Teacher is a facilitator

  3. Group & Pair Work

  4. Students can experiment with the language

  1. Fluency Focussed

300

How often should the teacher talk during the production phase?

Students do most of the talking

Teacher 10%, Students 90%

300

What information is sought after with scanning questions?

Give TWO example questions.

A very specific piece of information like names, places, times, and dates

300

DAILY DOUBLE!

Talk about one interesting cultural experience that has happened to you since arriving in Vietnam.

Quá Tuyệt Vời!

300

DAILY DOUBLE!

What is a call-and-response technique? Give 3 examples.

Excellent!

400

Why is the Communicate Approach important to second language acquisition?

  • Allows students to use the language in a variety of contexts.

  • It is more practical & mimics how students use language in the real world.

  • Allows students to use their creativity & pre-existing knowledge to develop real meaning with the content of the lesson.

  • A more organic way of learning.

400

What are the characteristics of a successful speaking lesson and what are some of the challenges of teaching speaking?

Characteristics

  1. Learners talk a lot

  2. Participation is even

  3. Motivation is high

  4. Language is appropriate

  5. Teacher is modeling and

monitoring


Challenges

  1. Inhibition (shy/afraid)

  2. Nothing to say (uninterested/don’t understand)

  3. Low or uneven participation (don’t understand instructions/activity is too challenging)

  4. Speaking in the mother tongue

400

Explain what a comprehension question is and give two examples

Comprehension requires learners to understand the text more deeply – they must synthesize facts based on the text.

400

Have a short conversation in Vietnamese with someone in your team.

Hay Quá!

400

Compare the characteristics of young learners with adolescents.

Young Learners

  • Naturally curious

  • View teachers as authority

  • Seek teacher approval

  • Short attention span

  • Need lots of encouragement


Adolescents

  • Value peer approval

  • Teacher can be viewed negatively

  • Overall confidence is low

  • Students are much more shy

  • Peer pressure can affect students

500

DAILY DOUBLE!

Compare and contrast the strengths and weaknesses of the DM and CA

Direct Method

Strengths:

  •  Focus on accuracy

  •  Introduces words in context

Weaknesses:

  •  Doesn’t develop fluency

  •  Only introduces words in one context


Communicative Approach

Strengths:

  •  Allows students to experiment with the language

  •  Focuses on the communicative aspect of language

Weaknesses:

  •  Not as much emphasis on accuracy

500

How do we advise incorporating grammar into a lesson and what is an example of a grammar point that is suitable for beginners?

We incorporate grammar indirectly as opposed to making it the primary topic. We incorporate grammar subtly so students can learn & pick up on the subtle nuances of grammar and model our speech.


Beginners – tenses (past/present/future)

500

What are the benefits and challenges of teaching reading? 

Name at least two of each.

Benefits

  • A good model for language

  • Students can mirror sentence structure

  • Students learn punctuation & tonality

  • Learned vocabulary is put into context

  • New vocabulary is learned through context

  • Students can work at their own pace

Challenges

  • Reading is normally something we do alone

  • Tough for students to concentrate

  • Might have a wide spectrum of skills in one class

500

Name at least three ways to find out what your students are interested in.

  • Introductory lessons (likes/don’t likes)

  • Observe the types of things they bring to school

  • Ask other English teachers at the school

500

What are 3 examples of proactive and 3 examples of reactive classroom management?

Proactive

  • Learn student names

  • Make connections

  • Establish rules

  • Attainable goals

  • Interesting lessons

  • Understand school policies


Reactive

  • Call out students' names

  • Walk towards student

  • Give student a choice

  • Stop talking & make eye contact (aka “The Stare”)