CIEE Final
Which would be a more appropriate set of instructions for a group of lower-level learners?
"Can you order these eight activities from number 1, what you like most, to number 8, what you like least? For example, my favorite activity is swimming, so that's number 1. I don't like cycling, so that's number 8..."
To help him plan lessons for his new class, a teacher has decided to give his students a questionnaire about their interests and hobbies. The action described above is an effective way to help pre-plan lessons.
True
To review yesterday's lesson on parts of the body, you want to warm up your students by playing a game of Simon Says, asking the students to touch and move certain body parts. This warm-up is suitable for a class of young children.
True
Transference tends to happen with phonetically similar words or similar grammatical elements.
True
Video, whether authentic materials or graded materials for EFL classes, provides language support to students with contextual and visual cues.
True
When teaching lower-level learners, you should be really clear and concise when giving instructions, give clear examples, and demonstrate the activities.
True
When teaching, Lucy moves to many different positions around the classroom; however, when giving instructions, she always stands directly in front of her students' desks. Lucy's placement strategy is effective.
True
While scanning for popular names and names out of favor can be fairly straightforward, scanning for reasons for this change is a little more complicated because they are expressed in different ways.
True
You are a teacher with a limited budget. You see a coursebook that would fit your course, but the supplementary material is too expensive for you. In this case, you can purchase the primary material—the student books and teacher's manual—now and save the rest for later, if you decide to buy it at all.
True
The application for this lesson would be to...
Write a poem about what they would like to do if they had only a short time to live.
You noticed that during the previous activity, many of your students misused reported speech or did not take advantage of the opportunity to use this structure. For example, one student said, "The man in the article said, 'I am happy to be here.'" She could have said, "The man in the article said he was happy to be there." What can you do?
Write some examples on the board. Then guide the students on how to change them into reported speech. (You have combined direct and indirect teaching methods, which scaffold their learning. You guided them to the correct forms, then gave them practice items.)
Which of the following is not a tip you should follow when updating your resume?
Don't include information about your travel experience; it will just look like you are showing off!
Your students have been describing rooms in a house using furniture words and colors. When teaching such concrete vocabulary, which strategies would you recommend to your students to help them remember the words most effectively? Choose two.
Draw a picture of the word and label it. Write the word on Post-it notes and stick them around.
You are teaching your first class with a beginning group of students. You are starting with basic expressions such as "How are you?" and "What's your name?" Which of the following is the best strategy to use to teach these expressions?
Drill the expressions so they will be able to memorize them.
A student has written an introductory paragraph for his essay on pollution control. He has written a thesis statement and introduced his supporting points. This student has included all he needed to in this paragraph.
False
A teacher is looking for a way to motivate her students to become more independent learners, especially when studying grammar. The inductive approach to teaching grammar is more effective than the deductive approach for this type of motivation.
True
A concept question may be a question about the definition, the formality level, or the context in which the word is used most appropriately.
True
A teacher is going to start teaching a new class. Before the lessons begin, she has decided to meet with her students to learn their ages, proficiency levels, and cultural backgrounds in order to plan her lessons. This teacher is collecting appropriate information in order to plan her lessons.
True
A teacher is leading a lesson to a group of beginner English students on the use of "I'd like..." and "Would you like..." when placing and taking orders at a restaurant. They are participating in a role play where one student is the customer and the other plays the server. The goal of this speaking activity is to practice accuracy.
True
A teacher is reviewing state verbs such as like, love, and hate with his class. He mentions that these words may evoke stronger feeling for some people than for others. This teacher is discussing the connotations of these three words.
True
A teacher is using a catchy song to help her school-age EFL students remember the names of colors in English. This teacher is using a mnemonic device with her students.
True
A teacher wants his students to be responsible for their own learning and wants to encourage them to use resources to practice outside of the classroom. It is appropriate for the teacher to teach independent learning strategies in an English class.
True
A teacher wants to show images of a mixed group of male and female friends participating in a variety of activities, such as eating out, hiking, and swimming. Before showing the images, the teacher should research the culture of her students to make sure they would be appropriate.
True
In one EFL class for adults, the teacher is asking students about the neighborhoods where they live. The students are also describing their houses and the types of furniture they have. Some of the students seem reluctant to talk. The topic the teacher has chosen for this class may be inappropriate for this group of students.
True
In the ABCDs of lesson planning, some common degrees are speed and accuracy.
True
Interlanguage is L1 intermixed with L2 as one is learning a language.
True
It is the first day of Doreen's English class for teenagers. The first thing she wants her students to do is fill out a personality questionnaire. The personality questionnaire is a useful tool that can help Doreen plan her future lessons.
True
It would have been a good idea for students to work in pairs or groups to brainstorm as many words as they could think of relating to banks.
True
Keeping students engaged in communicative activities is one problem teachers often face in their classrooms.
True
Learners use various communication strategies to express meaning in the target language (TL) when they fail to find the words to express themselves.
True
Lexical sets help learners organize and remember a large number of words in a short time.
True
Reading for pleasure is one aspect of extensive reading.
True
The reality of the learning environment where you will be teaching may not match your expectations.
True
The rubric for the application portion (the interview) reflects formal assessment.
True
The teacher gave appropriate guidance with clear instructions and constructive feedback.
True
The teacher should elicit the polite language required from the students.
True
The teacher should have just modeled the activity and nominated each student either as customer or as teller.
True
Which of the following instructions is most appropriate for lower-level learners?
"Find a partner. Then talk about some things you like and don't like to do."
Situation 5 You are using a course book that is well suited to the class in terms of language level. However, the next unit uses Halloween as a theme, and you know that most of your students would be uncomfortable with this topic for religious reasons.
"I'm going to adapt this material. I want my students to learn English. I don't want to make them feel uncomfortable about external issues."
A class has just finished watching a short documentary on the working poor in America. The teacher has asked her students to prepare for a round-table discussion in which the whole class will discuss their thoughts on the subject. Students are asked to take 10 minutes to jot down their thoughts, opinions, and questions on the topic before the discussion begins. For what level of learner was this pre-writing activity most likely created?
Advanced-level class
Which filler would create some energy in the class?
A skit using the vocabulary from the worksheets provided
Both a placement test and a pre-course questionnaire can help you identify which of the following details? Select four points from the following options:
A student's language level A student's age A student's needs and objectives Clues to a student's learning style (hobbies, sports, etc.)
According to the monitor model, acquisition is...
A subconscious, informal, automatic process in which the learner internalizes the language.
Which type of authentic reading material would be most appropriate for a high-intermediate adult student?
An unabridged short story
Learner 3 Information: Is 14 years old Started learning English two and a half years ago Has a pre-intermediate level of English Loves listening to American pop music Has a preference for the visual-spatial learning style Which activity would be most relevant for learner 3? Why?
Activity 3: My Ideal Home
Choose the three best answers: Miming can teach the following language items:
Adjectives Functional language Verbs
Two of the following five statements are correct. Which are they?
Adolescent learners can be passionate about their interests. Adolescent learners are often concerned about peer approval.
Keeping a learning diary/journal to record your English learning experiences abroad.
Blogger
You are practicing talking about past regrets with your students. You want your students to be able to use the third conditional accurately to talk about regrets and to be able to use it in a role play. Which type of speaking activity is best suited for this scenario?
Both a free and a controlled speaking activity
Your upper intermediate students have been studying abstract words such as honor, honesty, truth, and faith. When teaching such abstract vocabulary, which strategies would you recommend to your students to help them remember the words most effectively? Choose two.
Write a sentence using the new word. Write the word in their notebook, identifying its various forms.
This task is made up of many complex steps.
Cognitive
Car problems, health issues, pets
Conversational English
Going out to eat, taking in a movie, going to the park
Conversational English
A course focusing on everyday topics related to general daily life would be part of a(n)...
Conversational English program.
What is one way you can motivate your students to make the most of using a video for language learning?
Get your students to choose the film to watch in class.
What would you do to help your students scan for reasons?
Give them a partially completed chart to help them focus.
One student has constant trouble remembering the third person singular verb endings in the present simple and says sentences like "He go swimming every day."
Delayed feedback
An error is a one-time occurrence, which the learner often self-corrects.
False
As the first week in a new teaching job is likely to be a tough one, there are a few things you can do, such as avoid using the coursebooks. Instead, creating your own lessons from scratch will show the students you love your job. It might even be a good idea to go to the new class empty-handed so your learners can tell you what they want to do.
False
Because of adults' mature problem-solving skills, they tend to ignore the language process.
False
Benjamin likes to change seating arrangements multiple times during one class. He likes to try similar activities with students grouped in several different ways. In this scenario, Benjamin is effectively using different seating arrangements and grouping patterns.
False
Discrete point assessment focuses on the interactional aspects of language and communication.
False
Drawing on students' own experiences isn't one of Nunan's criteria for a communicative class.
False
Warm-ups, warm-downs, and fillers should always be student-centered.
False
You are looking for a new coursebook for your new general English class. You find one that uses only graded English to ensure that students learn the target language without any errors. This coursebook is ideal for your general English class.
False
You have decided to teach a lesson on pets to your class using a children's cartoon. This teaching strategy is appropriate for both 8-year-old beginners and 16-year-old beginners.
False
One of your students is repeatedly mispronouncing a word that is key for understanding the topic being discussed.
Immediate feedback
What is the difference between cultural immersion and cultural isolation?
Immersion is how much (or little) contact you have with local people, and isolation is how much (or little) contact you have with "cultural peers."
Which application activity would be the most appropriate for this lesson?
Students write an interview about what someone would do if they knew the world was ending in two years.
Natural communication enhances the development of communication skills in a second language by...
Subconsciously motivating the learner to acquire the language that they are hearing.
What does flipped classroom mean in terms of resources?
The resources are made available online, and students are responsible for reading or viewing them before the lesson.
A student might have problems spelling plentiful because...
The spelling changes.
It is important for international educators who interact with program participants outside of the classroom to be aware of individual learning styles and intelligences.
True (International educators can use this knowledge to mentor program participants in an effective manner.)
One sentence near the end of the article states, "My favorite was the salami pasta, where he used the actual salami sliced thinly to mimic the texture of pasta." You want your students to define "mimic" and use it in a sentence. How will they know what it means?
Try to deduce from the context what it means.
Writing task on a current news item
You have a new student who has shown a clear preference for a linguistic learning style. Which of the following would you use in your lessons more often?
Word games, reading activities, writing short stories
Frequency is...
How often the learner hears this particular form or word.
How easy is it for you to judge what vocabulary is appropriate for each level of students? Look at the following word groups for the topic "going to the doctor" and decide which level they belong to. Healthy, sick, doctor, patient, waiting room, medicine
Beginner
As a warm-up, the teacher asked the students to write down their 5 favorite foods. What kind of vocabulary strategy is this?
Bridging to what they already know
This factor that may increase the affective filter.
Bullying
Asking for or offering help, complaining about the company, talking about work experience
Business English
Talking in the mail room, requesting equipment, company policies
Business English
Situation 10 A student asks the teacher about a word to use in his dialog. Rather than telling him the word, the teacher poses questions guiding and encouraging the student to figure out the word on his own. This type of teacher is best described as:
An enabler (Remember, you want your students to become independent users of English.)
Which of the following is NOT a recognized proficiency exam?
CEFR
Preparation for a group skit
Cafe style
Practicing your grammar before an exam
Cambridge website's "First Certificate in English Exams for Candidates" help page with practice tests
Which of the following describes a B2-level student?
Can understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialization. Can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party. Can produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue, giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.
How might you modify this stereotype to make it more of a cultural generalization? Americans are so oblivious.
Change it to "In my experience, Americans are more oblivious than Canadians."
Two of the following five statements are correct. Which are they?
Children respond well to positive approval from their teacher. Children learn language using many kinds of stimuli, including drawing, singing, and playing games.
A casual whole-group discussion
Circle
A teacher wants to lead a class of adults on travel topics. She knows that several of her students have traveled extensively and wants them to lead the discussion. Which type of activity best suits this situation?
Circle the sage
What is clipping?
Clipping is a process of creating a new word by taking only a part of an existing word.
A teacher wants his class to be able to compare and contrast two objects. To achieve this goal, what type of words should he include in the vocabulary set he will introduce? Select the type of words that would be the most useful.
Antonyms
Which would be a good warm-down for this lesson?
Ask students to do a quick write on what they learned that day and ask a few to share.
Which is the correct answer? ALTE stands for/is taken from...
Association of Language Testers in Europe
The method that focuses on teaching students good habits when they repeat phrases spoken by the teacher is called the method.
Audio-lingual
Give students a verbal prompt and have them write a sentence.
Auditory
Which type of video usually requires more preparation by the teacher?
Authentic
The teacher wants to show students real-life examples of what not to say when making a complaint.
Authentic video
You are introducing the word order to your class. You have decided to introduce the expressions make an order, place an order, take an order, and receive an order. Which of the following concepts are you introducing to the class, based on this word set?
Collocation (You want to introduce words that can be used with order to create common expressions.)
This task involves students talking with classmates from different countries and cultures.
Communicative
What is one way the teacher can formally assess the students?
Create a rubric that assesses the poem on the use of correct forms and vocabulary.
One way you could have students practice formulaic phrases is by...
Creating a memory-style card matching game. (You could easily use this from time to time as a warm-up, warm-down, or filler. From time to time, you could insert new phrases and switch some out.)
Students are engaged in a Rally Table activity. As you circle the room, you notice that one student consistently mispronounces the word telephone. Her group members do not seem to notice the mistake and are progressing with the assigned task.
Delayed
The teacher is making notes on rubrics while the students speak.
Delayed
Your students have just finished their silent reading books. You have asked them to give short presentations on their book. To ensure engagement with the presentations, you inform the rest of the class that they will be asked to give their classmates feedback at the end of each presentation. You have given them a rubric to help guide their feedback.
Delayed
You are leading a free speaking activity to allow students to describe their dream vacations using any language they choose.
Delayed feedback
Instructions for putting together a desk
Detailed
What information does a placement test give you?
Details about the person's level of English only
Because this lesson will take place over two days, the teacher will ask the students to watch the video, use their notes for a discussion about what the men did, and then write a list of ten things they would like to do if they had a short time to live. In the next lesson, the students would review some poetry-writing samples and will then write their own six-line poem explaining why they chose one item on their bucket list. The objective for this lesson is The LWBAT write a six-line poem that explains why they would like to do one of the items on their bucket list. What is one way the teacher can informally assess the students in this two-day lesson?
Determine whether they used the "What would you do?" and "I would..." forms correctly in their pair-sharing.
The teacher is giving her students a written test on the past simple tense, with multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank questions.
Discrete item testing
Your students will be reading an article from the Bermuda News online called "Top chef contestants delight the crowd." It includes a picture of three canapés. Answer the following questions based on using this article. How will you start this lesson?
Do a predicting activity with the headline and picture.
Which of the following four categories would you make sure to include on your American-style resume? Choose as many options as are applicable.
Education Professional experience
What is important to learn here?
Educational culture
Later they discussed what junk food was, and the students and the teacher named a list of items such as candy, chips, and pie. What type of vocabulary strategy is this?
Examples
During an interview for a TEFL position, you will be asked a number of questions and may be asked to perform some tasks. Which two are you likely to be asked about or asked to do? Choose two.
Explain your approach to teaching grammar Explain why you want to teach at this school
He asked the students what we consider healthy food and why. He then said that they have lots of vitamins, iron, and calcium. What type of vocabulary strategy was he trying to use?
Explaining
A two-sided debate
Face to face
Meeting other English speakers to improve your conversation ability
Practicing general conversation online
"Do you understand?" and "Is that clear?" are examples of concept-checking questions.
False
A good teacher will teach learners everything they know about a word.
False
A teacher is preparing a grammar lesson for his English class. He is writing a brief text with multiple examples of verbs in the present continuous tense. His students will be required to determine when the action described in the text is taking place (i.e., past, present, or future) before any explanation is given. The teacher in this scenario is using the deductive approach to teaching grammar.
False
A teacher wants to incorporate more writing activities for her students. She decides to have each student write a weekly journal entry summarizing a specific news story that she chooses. The activity described in the scenario is an example of a free writing activity.
False
All researchers agree that the monitor model is perfect.
False
An English language school uses a placement test that includes grammar, listening, and reading comprehension sections. With this placement test, teachers in this school are able to get a complete picture of their students' levels of English.
False
An at-home activity your students could do to practice their social listening skills is to watch a movie in which people are talking in social situations, then write a dialogue based on the movie.
False
English for academic purposes is designed for elementary and secondary school students.
False
English is taught all over the world except in North America.
False
Establishing a code of conduct at the beginning of new courses will help deal only with young learners, who need much stricter rules.
False
Extracurricular activities are discouraged in CLT.
False
For today's lesson, Juliana will teach her beginner English students the present-tense forms of the verb "to be" and drill them with a variety of exercises. Juliana will engage in indirect instruction.
False
In his intermediate English class for adults, James is using slang and idioms from a popular television show while speaking to his students, but he is saying all of them very slowly. James is using comprehensible teacher language in his class.
False
Most graded video focuses on fluency.
False
Providing corrections and feedback to students is an appropriate warm-up and warm-down activity.
False
Read the statements about this scenario and indicate if they are true or false. The teacher made her expectations clear.
False
Restructuring doesn't occur during communicative activities.
False
SLA research has answered all the questions there are about second-language acquisition.
False
Students will know how to order food at a restaurant when given a lunch menu. Based on the ABCD model of lesson planning, the behavior described above is concrete.
False
The class had a clear language focus.
False
The critical period hypothesis suggests that rates of the initial and ultimate levels of acquisition are better the older the learner is.
False
The easiest kind of teaching is one-on-one.
False
The teacher clearly states the objective during the lesson.
False
The teacher explicitly stated her goal.
False
The warm-up for this lesson taught students what gerunds are.
False
There is no reason to use scanning skills when we are listening, only when we are reading.
False
When teaching advanced-level learners, you should aim to build your learners' grammar skills with plenty of controlled practice, using lengthy explanations and instructions and a significant amount of L1 in the classroom.
False
You are a new teacher looking for a coursebook. You find a coursebook that consists only of a student book and teacher's manual. This coursebook would be perfect for new teachers.
False
Your first step in using this reading in class would be to have the students write a dialogue.
False
An 'approach' is a process or steps that are taken to teach something and a 'method' is a theoretical framework for or a philosophy of teaching and learning.
False (An 'approach' is theoretical framework and a 'method' is a process.)
The grammar-translation method is no longer in use today.
False (In fact, the grammar-translation method is still in use today in parts of the world where grammar is a major focus, such as in China and Japan.)
True or false? Once a rubric is created, it can't be changed because it will confuse the students.
False (Teachers should edit rubrics any time they feel they don't accurately reflect expectations.)
Before the twentieth century, learning a language focused mainly on speaking and listening because few people could read and write.
False (While some early examples of language teaching focused on speaking and listening, before the twentieth century, few people traveled and language learning was largely an academic pursuit that focused on reading, writing, and grammar.)
The students should be able to figure out the instructions for a communicative activity on their own.
False (You need to give them clear instructions and directions for the activity to be successful.)
The relationship between student and teacher is less important for children than it is for other age groups.
False (In fact, this is important for every age group, but children in particular need encouragement and approval from their teacher.)
Hiroko has a good knowledge of grammar. However, she often hesitates while she is speaking in order to make sure she is using the grammar correctly
Fluency
What could the teacher have done differently as far as timing?
Focused on the students writing one good question and response
The CoE/ALTE system of language levels is based on a six-level scale:
From A1 (beginner) to C2 (advanced).
A mid-level general English class is busy with a unit on food and restaurants in their textbooks. They understand the context and have mastered the vocabulary, but they are struggling with giving presentations on the topic. Which video would you use with them?
Functional English on speaking in public. Source: New Headway DVD.
Photos of weddings
Functional language
The approach that focuses on teaching only the parts of a language that the students need to know is called...
Functional view
Finding out about a city before going on a class trip
Google search - London
The teacher is teaching a lesson on expressions to use when making a complaint.
Graded video
Which of the following statements about grammar are correct? Choose three correct options.
Grammar is the systematic study and description of a language. Some learners like grammar rules, as they make them feel secure. Morphology describes how words change their forms.
Read this sentence and answer questions about it: When he made insolent remarks toward his teacher, they sent him to the principal for being disrespectful. Which strategy would students most likely use to figure out what insolent means?
Guessing unknown words from context
How could he have improved the way he used the explaining strategy?
He could have asked the students more questions.
Which of the following types of courses would a structural coursebook be most appropriate for?
A TOEFL exam preparation class
This factor that can reduce the affective filter.
A comfortable classroom
The learner has stress, anxiety, and a lack of self-confidence that negatively impacts language learning.
High affective filter
Next, you give them...
A dialogue to read in pairs, which is about two pet owners talking. (This is a reading-aloud activity, so they can hear the flow of the language. It also gives you a chance to correct pronunciation. If the students are struggling with pronunciation or with the rhythm of the language, you may want to read the dialogue aloud once for them.)
Which of these icebreakers would be more suitable for a class of intermediate adults?
A discussion about why they are learning English and their past language learning experience
Which assessment would be the most appropriate for this lesson?
A formal assessment of the interview.
Which of the following lesson activities would probably be appropriate for a group of young learners? Choose two options:
A lesson that involves many short activities Pupils sing a song in order to learn the words for colors
Proficiency is...
A measure of one's ability to communicate effectively in the language.
Which of the following types of courses would a global coursebook be most suitable for?
A multicultural class
What is the difference between a prefix and a suffix?
A prefix is a bound morpheme that is attached to the beginning of a stem, while a suffix is a bound morpheme that is attached to the end of a stem.
An affix or affixation is...
A process to attach a bound morpheme to a stem.
Which warm-down would be the best review of vocabulary covered during the class?
A quick write
Your learners have been working in pairs, trying to match some grammar rules to the sentences you have on the whiteboard. Half of the class seems to have the wrong answers. You...
use plenary feedback to go over the correct answers and further concept check.
/ f/, / k/, /ʃ/ are examples of voiceless sounds.
voiceless
It is useful for you as a teacher to know something about your own learning style because...
you can be aware of bias in your lessons toward that style.
Salience
I can understand my teacher perfectly when she speaks to me
Which quote best reflects the stress factor of power and control?
I can't even figure out how to mail a letter.
Frequency
I finally understood how to use the past tense after hearing my teachers use those forms over and over in class
Why is suspending judgment so important to intercultural development?
If you can't suspend your judgment, you can't take on a new perspective.
Choose the best answer. After students read a book in which one of the protagonists commits a crime, which of these questions would activate HOTS?
If you were Timothy's friend, how would you have persuaded him to turn himself in?
The teacher has just repeated what the student said with a questioning intonation.
Immediate
The teacher points to the wall where a piece of paper that has "s" written on it is hanging.
Immediate
The teacher waves her hand back over her shoulder when a student uses present simple instead of past simple.
Immediate
You have designed a "Find someone who..." activity as a warm-up for a new class. Some students seem to think it is a race even though you have not set it up to be one. They are staying with one partner and asking them every question on the list. They are not switching partners after each question, and they are not asking extension questions.
Immediate
You have designed a board game with the purpose of practicing the simple past. You notice that many students consistently add an "ed" onto irregular verbs (e.g., "She ranned to the park").
Immediate
The final assignment is to select a product and create a poster-sized ad about it. How will you arrange the class?
In small groups of four to six, students will create a poster. (This is an ideal small-group activity, and four to six students would be enough to generate ideas, discuss the product, and create the poster.)
Which of the following is NOT a ground rule for creating effective speaking activities?
Incorporate artificial materials.
Which of the following is not a characteristic of a cultural generalization?
Incorporates all the speaker's knowledge about a culture
You have just received a piece of written work from your learner for feedback and correction. Which would you not do?
Indicate where the problems are and provide the correct form in each case
Toward which end of the individualist/collectivist dimension scale does the United States fall?
Individualist
We can learn a lot through observing how children learn their first languages and adopting methods that use imitation, creation, and listening. Does this idea help us understand input, storage, and/or retrieval of vocabulary?
Input Storage Retrieval
Feedback is...
Input in response to output, which may be possible correction, recasting, etc.
Because it's there In this lesson, students are high-beginner adults. The text is a one-page narrative about climbing Mount Everest. The title is "Because it's there," and there is a black-and-white photo of Mount Everest. The text describes various climbers' attempts to ascend Mount Everest. The text gives names of people, places they were from, dates they attempted climbs, and distances they attained from the top. The title is also the closing sentence of the text, which is a quote from one climber on why he wanted to undertake such a dangerous trek. First of all, identify whether this is an intensive or extensive reading activity and why.
Intensive because the readers will learn specific facts about the topic
In the video you just watched, the teacher was attempting to incorporate communicative activities into the lesson. The students were focusing on changes in technology and transportation which occurred at different periods of time. Their final assignment was to make a list of changes predicted to occur by 2050 and talk about potential positive and negative effects of those changes. Which of Nunan's five characteristics did you see the teacher trying to implement? Choose two answers.
Interacting in the target language Using authentic texts
Whole-class collaborative writing exercise
Interactive whiteboard
Fit, unwell, physician, pain killer, antibiotic, pharmacy
Intermediate
According to the monitor model, the monitor...
Is a metaphor to describe how what is learned acts as a check on what is acquired.
According to the monitor model, there...
Is a natural order in which one learns the rules and elements of the language, whether one is acquiring them or learning them.
Comprehensible language "Teacher talk"...
Is a way of simplified speaking that is clear and slow enough without being patronizing.
It is important for the teacher to be aware of how he/she is speaking because simpler speech...
Is easier to comprehend, and it focuses the learners' attention. (The teacher needs to monitor their pace and complexity.)
Personality factors How could having a teacher with a similar personality as the student help a second language learner?
It could lower his or her affective filter. (If a student feels more comfortable in a learning situation, he or she can learn better.)
How could having a teacher with a different personality affect a second language learner?
It could provoke a little anxiety. (A little anxiety can provide some motivation for learning.)
The advantage of having this artificial construct called a language classroom is that...
It gives the learners structure and time to use conscious knowledge of rules so they can apply them.
The teacher used the strategy of introducing the vocabulary to the students using the categorizing activity. Why did she use this strategy?
It helped the teacher see which vocabulary they did and did not know about the topic.
What is compounding?
It is a process that combines two existing words to create a new word.
Have students write a sentence on the board.
Kinesthetic
Select one option only: A learner who likes to move about a lot and use his hands probably has a...
Kinesthetic/bodily learning style
Which of the following is not a reason for the increase in popularity of communicative language teaching?
Language students wanted to increase their translation skills. (Translation skills were the focus of language learning methodologies before CLT was introduced.)
A typical placement test in most language schools tests which of the following?
Language systems: Vocabulary, grammar, and functional language
Jan is using flash cards to help him memorize a new set of vocabulary words. Which activity or activities is Jan engaging in?
Learning
Which of the following is not a "heartset" skill?
Learning the language
Because it was just the two of you, you finished about 15 minutes early. You decided to...
Let her practice an interactive activity you found on the Internet. (Perfect. She will be able to practice easily, and she can access the website from home later if she wants.)
This task involves using terms that may be unfamiliar to the student.
Linguistic
The language skills that are the focus of this activity are...
Listening and speaking
Which of the following strategies would be the most ideal for using the inductive approach for teaching grammar?
Listening to a conversation that contains the target language
Before students try to participate in a listening activity on their own, you should prepare them with some structured practice. Which activity would be the most effective practice if you want them to role-play a friend telling another about where he or she lives?
Listening to and answering comprehension questions about a similar dialogue.
Before students try to participate in a listening activity on their own, you should prepare them with some structured practice. Which activity would be the most effective practice if you want them to role-play one friend telling another about a mutual friend who is in the hospital?
Listening to and answering questions about a dialogue related to the topic
The first activity you prepare to address this problem is... Saying numbers.
Listening to numbers. (You will first have the secretaries listen to a recording that recites numbers, then write the numbers down. Then, they will talk to each other, saying the numbers and writing them down. Finally, you will have them stand on opposite sides of the room, call each other on their cell phones, and give lists of numbers for the listener to write down.)
Which would be a good warm-up for this lesson?
Look at the five-day forecast in your area and discuss what the various symbols and words mean on the weather map.
We had them scan, predict, and deduce from context, and we decided skimming wasn't useful. We could have them read for detail, but let's not. I think they understand what the article is about, don't you? Let's move to the ending. Which activity would not be an effective way to wrap up this lesson?
Look up names in a baby-naming book
The learner has Increased confidence and more risk-taking behavior and positively influences language acquisition.
Low affective filter
Practicing your general writing skills
Microsoft Word
Thirsty
Mime Picture
I don't care
Mime Picture
"He works a hardly at his job every day" is an example of what kinds of errors or mistakes?
Misinformation and addition
"I went last week to the cinema" is an example of what kind of error or mistake?
Misordering
In Eduardo's English class, Irina makes an occasional mistake when using the past tense, but quickly corrects herself. On the other hand, misuse of the past tense is a common error for Mahmood, who has not yet grasped the concept.
Mistake error
Speaking practice focusing on pronunciation and self-correction
Mobile phone
How successful was this lesson at stimulating discussion about positive and negative aspects of change?
Moderately (The students did interact with the teacher and one another in each activity, but it was limited and fairly structured and lacked a specific language focus.)
Which list best reflects dominant-majority communication styles in the United States?
Monochronic, low context, and direct
What can you have the students scan for?
Most popular names, names out of favor, reasons for this change
Feedback
My teacher told me to be careful not to mix up my prepositions
Situation 8 Read what this teacher has to say, and then decide which skill he most needs to improve."I seem to spend so much time preparing material! Every time I give out something new, the students say it's boring and they've already done it. It's really hard to find subjects that they're interested in."
Needs analyst (the level of the material is inappropriate, and the students don't find it challenging enough)
When playing the role of needs analyst, the teacher listens carefully before correcting a student, is aware of each individual student's progress, and is always fair. Which teacher fulfilled this role?
Neither (Correct. Although they both acted fairly, neither seemed focused on the individual students.)
Which of the following roles did the teachers in both videos play?
Neither teacher acted as any of these roles. (All of these roles are meant for interactions outside of the classroom.)
Should you play this audio only once?
No. Unless an audio clip is very long, you should almost always plan to play it more than once.
Learner 1 Information: An 18-year-old Italian student Studied English for seven years Spoken English is weak Needs to pass a university entrance exam to start a degree in industrial design Is a very visual learner Likes to travel Which activity would be most relevant for learner 1? Why?
None of the above
Two maps of the UK, one in 1066 and the other in 2013
Past tense
How do students learn here?
Pedagogical methods
The teacher is assessing conversations between his students based on how they use the present perfect tense. Performance testing
Performance testing
Which of the following is not an intercultural communication skill? Choose one answer.
Physical health
Look at the following words and phrases. Which would be the best ways to explain the meaning of each to students? Choose two answers for each question. To hurry
Picture Mime
Low-intermediate adult students, two customer service representatives, in the company conference room When you came to work today, only one of your two students was there. You had planned for them to practice polite phrases for responding to angry customers. Some of the phrases require the receptionist to speak firmly but politely. What should you do, since one of your students is absent?
Play one of the parts in the role play.
You still have 15 minutes left. What to do?
Play phrasal verb Pictionary on the board. (With a small class, you can easily do something active like this. You are reviewing the grammar in a fun way. A nice way to end the class.)
To prepare the students for conversation, you should...
Pre-teach some of the vocabulary and/or grammar. (This primes the pump, so to speak, and gives them some structure to work with.)
Background noises/pictures/situations to help you understand audio input
Predicting
Newspaper headline/pictures
Predicting
A teacher is planning to use the inductive approach to teach the comparative forms of adjectives in her class. Place the steps of the lesson in order to create a lesson that follows the inductive approach.
Present two similar objects that are different enough to compared Have students describe each object. Together with the students, make comparative sentences about the object Give students the rules for forming and using comparative form
Poster with the phonemic chart
Pronunciation
You guessed it—the Internet just went down. What do you do?
Pull out some severe weather articles and have students summarize them.
How can a student's personality affect his or her ability to learn English? Select the two that apply.
Quieter, reserved learners may seem to progress slower, as they lack confidence to speak in class. Extroverted learners seem to progress faster, as they're more willing to take risks with the language.
What are the primary roles in intercultural communication? Choose one answer.
Receiver and sender
A teacher has purchased a new coursebook for her class and does not agree that food vocabulary is taught after the chapter on how to order at a restaurant. Which step of the SARA model does the action the teacher can take correspond to?
Reorder
When choosing an EFL coursebook, we should consider certain criteria. Select the correct reason for this criterion. The coursebook needs to be pitched at a slightly higher level than what the students are capable of so that they can learn from it.
Research shows that students learn best if the material is slightly more difficult than they can currently do.
Sam speaks English at a good rate and makes very few grammar mistakes. However, he tends to use the same grammatical structures over and over again without trying more advanced ones.
Restructuring
Now let's look at some formal scenarios. Scenario 1 High-intermediate adult students. Topic: Going to the doctor. Lesson objective: The students will be able to demonstrate active listening skills in a role play about a doctor's visit, in which the doctor will give them several instructions about medication, therapy, or other treatments. Which would be the most effective activity to prepare them for this role play?
Review questions the doctor might ask.
If you have extra time in your small class, you should...
Review what you did in the class.
A suitable closure for this lesson might be...
Reviewing the idiom "kick the bucket."
An end-of-unit test
Rows
The teacher is making sure that the vocabulary she is using in the lesson is on level for her students.
Rule of appropriacy
The teacher has decided to conduct a follow-up lesson to this grammar during the next class.
Rule of nurturing
The teacher is practicing cause and effect sentences with her class by discussing the aftermath of a severe weather event
Rules of context
Bus timetables
Scanning
Weather bulletin on the radio
Scanning
What kind of reading activity is the previous one?
Scanning
One weakness of the "Teaching 'used to'" lesson, and the reason it was rather dull, was that it was repetitive. The teacher read through each section of the handout and asked students to respond. Then they did the exercises. What are three things she could have done to make this lesson a little more interesting and get the students more involved in the lesson?
She could have played a song which uses "used to" and students could have done a cloze activity to get them more involved in the lesson. She could have asked students to read the examples or to work in pairs on the examples and exercises. At the end, she could have asked students to read the sentences rather than just the word that filled in the blank.
A teacher is giving a performance test to her class of beginner students to assess their ability to correctly form yes/no and wh- questions. She divides the class in pairs for the test and asks them to practice asking and answering these types of questions. What mistake did this teacher make?
She did not give enough information about the scenario the students should simulate when using the questions.
Improving your vocabulary on "things in the house"
Shopping website
Tabloid in grocery line
Skimming
Your friend's complaining
Skimming
According to the monitor model, comprehensible input is...
Slightly above the learner's current level of proficiency, so the learner can figure out the new information on their own.
Toward which end of the power distance index does the United States fall?
Small
Which of the following statements about consciousness raising are true? Choose three correct options.
Some conscious activity is involved in learning a language. By highlighting grammar features, we help students learn them. Consciousness-raising activities may not lead to immediate learning.
Situation 9 What could help in this situation? The learners in your class have just started a communication activity, but one person seems confused and is not participating. Should you:
Speak to her, maybe rephrase the original instructions.
Sometimes learners have problems when working with suffixes because...
Spelling and pronunciation (stress) may change.
How should I act?
Student-teacher interactions
A teacher wants to try a jigsaw activity with his class. Which of the following situations would be the most appropriate for this activity?
Students are giving instructions on how to navigate an airport to catch a flight.
Which practice activity would be the most appropriate for this lesson?
Students complete a fill-in-the-blanks dialog using forms of the first conditional.
How would you use this visual aid in class?
Students could pair up and label the box with prepositions.
Which introduction would be the most appropriate for this lesson?
Students match strips with examples of the first part and the second part of the first conditional and then engage in a discussion with the teacher about how the first conditional is formed and when it is used.
One disadvantage of teaching a large class is that...
Students may have difficulty hearing the teacher and seeing the board.
What should be the goal of any pronunciation lesson or class?
Students should master the core elements of spoken English so that they can be easily understood.
Scenario 1 You are teaching a lesson in which the students will have to write an email to a friend in another country to tell them about their daily routine. Which of the following would be a suitable warm-up?
Students watch a video about someone's daily routine and fill out a graphic organizer.
Which objective represents creation?
Students will be able to compose a sonnet.
Which objective represents evaluation?
Students will be able to defend their position on a controversial topic.
Identify which level each objective may fall under on the scale of Bloom's taxonomy. Which objective represents knowledge?
Students will be able to label at least ten parts of the human body.
Which objective represents application?
Students will be able to sketch in at least ten parts of the human body on their chart.
Which of the following is an example of an adequate goal for a CLT activity?
Students will be able to use language to persuade their classmates to try a new hobby.
How would you set up the role play?
Students will be given role cards with alternative scenarios which they can choose, and will have 3 minutes to prepare.
Which of the following statements provides the best rationale for teachers of English for specific purposes to conduct a needs assessment of their students?
Students will have different needs depending on their reasons for learning English; for example, a tour guide will need strong speaking and listening skills.
Which of the following can help improve your intercultural communication skills? Choose one answer.
Suspend your judgment.
A teacher is giving a lesson on expressions commonly used in a restaurant. She is focusing on word order in each sentence or question. What is the focus of this lesson?
Syntax
Situation 1 You have just organized a group of students to do a communication activity. One student is sitting with his arms folded and doesn't want to get involved. How do you react?
Talk to the student, and try to motivate him or get him interested in the activity.
Which of the following grammar points would the inductive approach to teaching grammar be least suitable for?
Teaching about complex sentences with an independent and a dependent clause
One thing you should teach your students about hyphenated compound words used as modifiers is...
That they do follow some rules.
Learner autonomy exercise to identify multiple-intelligence types
The Internet
The title of this lesson is "Bucket list poetry." Which lesson objective seems to fit this title the best?
The LWBAT write a six-line poem that explains why they chose one item on their bucket list.
Negative and positive feelings and attitudes that can affect second language acquisition.
The affective filter
Situation 11 One of your students comes to you after class to help him develop an effective strategy for studying grammar outside of the classroom. Which role will you most likely be playing while helping this student?
The coach (The main role of a coach is to help students develop strategies for solving problems.)
If I have enough money, I might have bought that car for my son. This sentence is not proper third conditional form because...
The conditional clause should be "If I had had enough money."
When Albert drank too much ginger ale, he burps. This sentence is not proper zero conditional form because...
The conditional clause should be "When Albert drinks too much ginger ale."
Why should you think about movie ratings (such as PG, PG-13, and R in the United States) even when selecting movies to use with adults?
The content may not be culturally appropriate and may offend some students.
When choosing an EFL coursebook, we should consider certain criteria. Select the correct reason for this criterion. The coursebook should suit the syllabus.
The coursebook should follow your syllabus as closely as possible, sharing the same approaches and methods.
What is the difference between a monocultural and an intercultural worldview?
The first relies on a single perspective, and the second can access multiple perspectives.
The language focus of this lesson is...
The imperative
Which objective represents analysis?
The learners will be able to differentiate between the various bones in the human hand.
Which objective represents understanding?
The learners will be able to restate the directions given by their partner.
What is the main difference between the natural approach and the functional approach?
The natural approach is a method based on the interactive approach and the functional approach is an approach, a theoretical framework.
Scenario 1 Secretarial staff of a multinational business, 15 employees. The managers think it is a good customer service policy to have the personal touch of having a secretary take phone messages rather than redirecting callers to voice mail. However, there have been some mix-ups and misunderstandings recently about phone messages. You have been asked to work on this issue. You believe that the underlying issue is...
The secretaries need to practice their listening skills.
Scenario 2 Low-intermediate 6th graders (11-12 years old), 54 students in the class, moveable tables where students sit in pairs facing the front of the class In this lesson, first the students will look on the Internet at several billboard ads for a product. The teacher will lead a discussion about advertisements and review the comparative forms of adjectives. Then, students will compare a few magazine ads. After that, the teacher will provide various products (a clock, a camera, etc.) and materials for the students to create a poster-sized ad about their selected product. The teacher of this class must consider how the students in the class will work (individually, in pairs, etc.). Which of the following aspects of this class will make organizing the students difficult?
The size of the class
A 'method' is the process or the steps that are taken to teach something, such as a language. Which one of these is not a method?
The structural approach (Also called the structural view, it is a theoretical framework for teaching.)
One advantage of one-on-one teaching is that...
The student receives individualized attention.
Intensive reading lesson The students are mid-beginner young adults. The text is a ½-page dialogue between two friends who are discussing their plans for holiday travel. The dialogue has no title and no illustrations. The information they are sharing includes where they are going, when (including dates and flight times), and what they are going to do. Before-reading strategy:
The students brainstorm about holiday plans.
How is this an extensive reading activity?
The students choose their own materials and then report on them from time to time, in writing and orally.
The outcome of this lesson is that the students write a summary of each book. How could we make this assessment more in alignment with the purpose of extensive reading?
The students could write a book review giving a brief summary but focusing on their opinion of the book.
After-reading strategy:
The students create a travel poster.
Which of the following would be a suitable warm-down?
The teacher asks a few students to read their emails to the class.
Which of the following would be a suitable warm-down?
The teacher asks a few students to share the most interesting item they would take.
Scenario 2 In the previous lesson, you covered vocabulary related to travel and taking a trip. Today you are going to introduce the first conditional, and the students will talk about what they would take on a trip. Which of the following would be a suitable warm-up?
The teacher brings a suitcase and some items that students learned the day before. Then the students each select an item and, following the teacher's model, tell their partner, "I would take ... with me on my trip."
How can this activity be informally assessed (checked but not graded)?
The teacher could look over the chart as a checklist of who is reading what.
Which teacher seemed to fit the role of motivator better?
The teacher of the "Find someone who..." lesson (Correct. Her lesson got the students involved in the activity, and she walked around, checking on them as they talked.)
Of the following factors, which are the three most important to take into consideration when teaching different age groups?
The type of tasks that each group likes and dislikes The attitude of the learners toward goals and objectives The relationship between student and teacher
What is a contextual clue in this sentence as to the meaning of insolent?
The use of the word "disrespectful."
have been flying around the world two times. This sentence is not proper present perfect form because...
The verb should be "have flown."
A student might have problems deducing the meaning of inundate because...
The word itself is the root form, but learners see what looks like a prefix.
Scenario 1 You are teaching a reading lesson to an intermediate class. There are several new words that are not very common, but they are important for this text, so you decide to teach some of them. You don't have much time. In this scenario, which information do you think you should focus on as a teacher?
The written form The basic meaning
Scenario 2 You are teaching a group of young learners. They are going to learn some Christmas songs in English, and they have the words on a sheet. You are teaching them the new vocabulary in the lyrics before they sing them. In this scenario, which information do you think you should focus on as a teacher?
The written form The spoken form The basic meaning
The teacher asked the students to underline dates as they were reading. How do you think they will use these dates after reading?
They are going to create a timeline of attempts on Mount Everest.
They have defined their idiom and confirmed with you that they are on the right track. What's next?
They write at least four sentences using their idiom and write them on the back of their picture after you check them.
A role-play activity that your students could do to practice active listening is for one person to talk about something familiar, such as a hobby or what they did over the weekend. The listener must ask at least three questions—one to ask about something that they don't understand, one to move the conversation along, and one that shows they are interested in the topic.
This is an effective social listening activity.
Was this a communicative lesson?
To a degree. (Although this lesson was fairly teacher-centered and lacked a clear language focus, it did meet some criteria from Nunan's list: The students listened to authentic video, interacted with the teacher, did pair work, and used higher-order thinking skills to come up with positive/negative effects.
An effective way to assess if students can use what they have learned in actual communication is...
To allow them to have conversations in groups or pairs and create their own dialogues. (You covered several bases here by focusing on speaking and writing.)
For what purpose is the DIE process primarily used?
To analyze intercultural interactions
The second activity you prepare for them is...
To practice various ways to interact with the caller, such as saying, "I am sorry, I didn't hear you" or "Please let me repeat that number back to you."
You have decided that for the second listening activity, which involves placing the sentences they heard in order, you want the students...
To work in pairs. (Putting the sentences in order is an activity that students can easily do individually or in pairs. However, pairs will make it more interactive.)
Why didn't the teacher ask the students to translate any of the words?
Translation is not an eliciting strategy.
A mid-level English class is planning a trip to the city. Some of them know the necessary functional language for asking for directions and others know the related vocabulary. Which videos would you use with them? (Select 2.)
Travel agency's promotion on the city in question. Source: TV ad. YouTube clip by someone who has visited the city. Source: YouTube.
"Has the boy already eaten his lunch?" This is an example of a sentence using a verb in the present perfect.
True
"To discuss" is a concrete verb which is appropriate to use in an objective.
True
Achievement assessments are used to assess how well students have met the lesson or course objectives.
True
After students practiced using the vocabulary, they then used it more independently in the application part of the lesson.
True
An advantage of using translation is that it is fast and direct.
True
An example of a practice activity is a fill-in-the-blanks dialog that students may do before writing their own dialog.
True
By the end of this course, students will be able to interact with other speakers of English in a variety of situations. The above statement is an example of a goal.
True
CLT supports the use of authentic materials in the classroom.
True
During you first lessons with new learners, it is a good idea to find out as much as you can about them, such as their preferred learning styles and interests and expectations. One way to do this is by using icebreaker activities.
True
ESP stands for English for specific purposes or English for special purposes.
True
How long had Alice been waiting when you arrived? is an example of a sentence using a past perfect continuous verb and a past simple verb.
True
I could use the finger-highlighting technique or reformulation to correct my learner who has said, "Next week I go on vacation!"
True
If you are teaching an exam class, you should familiarize yourself with the exam and keep a checklist of the exam task types completed in class to ensure you cover everything.
True
In Keiko's native language, Japanese, verbs come at the end of sentences. As a beginner learner of English, she also puts English verbs at the end of her sentences. Keiko is engaging in transference.
True
In Objective 2, the term "in pairs" describes the conditions under which the learner needs to be able to do whatever the behavior is.
True
Letting your learners know that you understand what they are trying to communicate, even if they're making some mistakes, by using phrases such as "I understand" could also have negative consequences. Their errors may become fossilized as they don't change their learning habits.
True
Most researchers agree that the forms that the learner produces most accurately were acquired earlier than those with which the learner is not as accurate.
True
Objective 1 is a task description, not an objective.
True
One aspect of intensive reading is reading a text carefully for details.
True
One of the disadvantages with a small class is that students can become bored with one another.
True
One reason for the development of CLT was that, in the 1970s, students became increasingly involved with activities like group work.
True
Retrieval of words is accessing the words in long-term memory for the purpose of using them.
True
SLA researchers are in agreement that humans are wired for language.
True
So there was a lot of information there, but how much do you remember? Mark the following statements as true or false. Giving the worksheet out at the beginning meant that the students turned their attention to this and not what was going on in the class.
True
Some researchers say that adults learn faster and have better analytical skills than children.
True
Teachers should not view a whole feature film with a low-level class.
True
The adult brain doesn't process new information the way a child's does.
True
The country in which you are teaching can influence how and what you teach.
True
The culture of an English language learner may affect how he or she performs during a CLT activity.
True
The human brain's capacity to store information affects how much vocabulary we teach.
True
The instructions the teacher gave were clear.
True
The last step would be to scan for specific information.
True
The practice section of this lesson offers students a fairly structured way to use the language.
True
The purpose of the grammar-translation method was to teach students to analyze text and give them reading and writing skills.
True
The purpose of the second class ("Teaching 'used to'") is to teach a grammar point.
True
The real conditional is used to talk about what we usually do in actual situations only and not hypothetical situations.
True
This ability to learn easily gradually declines after puberty.
True
This class could be improved by having the students focus more on how these changes impact their own lives. Correct! True
True
You should have a clear goal for a communicative activity.
True
The content focus of this lesson is...
Using a map to give directions
Look at the picture and the prepositions associated with it. What kind of strategy is this?
Using a visual aid
Have students create a graphic novel page.
Visual
Which of the following types of learning styles is being described in this sentence? A learner with a preference for ________ learning often recognizes words by sight—as with mind maps—and prefers the teacher writing things on the board rather than just saying them.
Visual/spatial
Checklist
Vocabulary of food
After learning a new word we believe we have never heard before, it seems to appear frequently in both written and oral contexts. Why does this happen?
We are conscious of the word now. (We have learned the word, so it is part of our consciousness now.)
After students listen to a news report about a volcanic eruption in the Pacific Ocean, which of these questions would activate HOTS?
What do you think the environmental impact of this eruption will be?
When might you use whole-class grouping?
When giving instructions or explanations.
You are assigning an essay for your class. You have decided to create a rubric to help you grade the essays. When should you distribute this rubric to the class?
When the assignment is given to them
After students read a story about a young girl who ran away from home, which of these questions would activate HOTS?
Why did she act that way?
Practicing skills for an academic writing exam
Writing or a Purpose - British council
Which of the following is NOT a kinesthetic activity?
Written response to verbal prompt
Situation 4 Your class is engaged in a communication activity, discussing in small groups of four students. You expect the activity to last about 10 minutes. How should you spend that time? Choose three options.
You listen for mistakes and note them. You listen for good examples of language and note them. You walk slowly around the groups.
Listening practice focusing on the subskill of prediction
YouTube clip with the sound turned off
The CoE/ALTE "can-do" statements...
explain what a student is able to do at each language level using everyday language.
Select the pair of words that contain consonant pairs.
garrison, kettle
You decide to warm up by having the students tell a partner three things they do as part of their daily routine. This warm-up...
gives a preview of upcoming material.
What word does the following phonetic script spell out? gud
good
The guard will permit you to pass if you hold a valid permit. Permit is an example of a...
heteronym
Understanding criteria for use through meaning and connotation helps the teacher to enable the students to form relationships between target words and words in L1 as well as other words in L2. Does this idea help us understand input, storage, and/or retrieval of vocabulary?
input storage retrieval
How we relate words together is random and diverse. It is dependent upon individual ways of remembering words as well as how language is learned and acquired in different cultures. Does this idea help us understand input, storage, and/or retrieval of vocabulary?
input storage retrieval
A role play about picking up a new medication at the pharmacy in which the pharmacist will give them several instructions about the medication is an example of a formal situation because...
it is an example of two-way information-based communication.
Students doing a "cocktail party" type activity to practice small talk is an example of an informal situation because...
it is an example of two-way interpersonal communication.
Choose the correct word to complete the paragraph. Grouping learners is an effective management tool in multilevel classes. There are different ways of organizing groups. One way is to group according to like ability . This means that similar needs can be addressed and more time can be spent with the lower levels when necessary. This also gives the faster/stronger students the opportunity to be challenged. A second way is to group according to cross-ability . This means that higher-level learners can help lower-level learners, or learners of different abilities can share information. This maximizes complementary learner strengths and creates more learning opportunities.
like ability cross-ability
To demonstrate active listening skills, the listener might...
nod and ask the doctor a clarifying question about the treatment.
Speaking very slowly and enunciating every word you pronounce will...
not help learners get used to hearing reasonably natural-sounding language.
What is this kind of activity called? Choose the correct answer using the words below. (Note that you will not use everything in the dropdown list and that nothing is repeated.) Which word does not fit? apple, pear, cucumber, orange - Odd one out What is another word for angry? - Synonyms The girl dropped the cake on the ceiling. - Error correction She wore a beautiful __________________ (ring/bracelet/necklace/earring/brooch) on her wrist. - Sentence completion
odd one out Synonyms Error correction Sentence completion
book (noun)/book (verb)
polysemy
You decide to warm down by having the students tell a partner three things they do as part of their daily routine, then asking a few to share with the class. This warm-down...
provides a quick review or summation.
To involve your learners in the correction process and make them think about the language they are using, in which order would you try to use these correction techniques?
self-correction, peer correction, teacher correction
When working in the private sector, your classes are likely to be much smaller than in state schools and you may find yourself teaching one-to-one classes , but you may be asked to work evenings. The teaching and learning resources available are likely to be well stocked .
smaller classes well stocked
empty/vacant
synonymy
Which quote is an example of ethnocentrism?
they drive on the wrong side of the road here.
How to take notes, how to study for a test, how to ask for help
Academic English
Students will give a presentation on their home cities in groups of three using five new vocabulary words learned in the previous class. Which of the following parts of the above objective is the condition?
...in groups of three...
Which of the following lesson activities would probably be appropriate for a group of adolescent learners? Choose two options:
A lesson topic that the students feel passionate about. An activity that involves creating posters. (Adolescents are often creative and like to express themselves on topics that they feel strongly about.)
According to the monitor model, learning is...
A conscious act of identifying and memorizing rules and being aware of patterns.
Understanding "tone of voice"
Deductive
What is conversion?
It is a process that changes what part of speech a word is.
Which would not be an example of "formality" in communication in a school? Choose one answer.
Your students study really hard.
Which of the following situations might you likely encounter in an indirect communication environment? Choose one answer.
Your supervisor begins a conversation about student A by remarking, "There seem to be some differences in American grading practices."
In a communicative class, you might see students discussing something from authentic materials, such as...
a newspaper or a shopping website. (These are authentic materials that could be used in a communicative classroom.)
wide/narrow
antonymy
When you ting, what are you doing? Choose one answer.
Actively listening
Learner 4 Information: A 48-year-old Japanese woman High school teacher Studied English many years ago at university and recently took it up again Has an intermediate level of English Has a preference for linguistic intelligence Which activity would be most relevant for learner 4? Why?
Activity 1: Word Search
Learner 2 Information: A 50-year-old German man Financial analyst Studied English on and off for 15 years Has an advanced level of English Uses English in daily work Shows a preference for the logical-mathematical learning style Which activity would be most relevant for learner 2? Why?
Activity 2: Risk Analysis
Which of the following is a stereotype?
Aliens are really good at soccer.
When you begin teaching, which of the following aspects of communication should you ting for? Choose one answer.
All of the above
You've been given your schedule for your first week of classes. Which of the following are important to know?
All of them are correct
Which of the following is an effective assessment that can be used in the English classroom?
All of these are effective assessments.
A course focusing on developing better study skills would be part of a(n)..
English for academic purposes program.
Aviation English is a subcategory of...
English for specific purposes.
According to the monitor model, the affective filter is...
Especially relevant for adult learners because they tend to have and use more filters than children do.
What is the difference between a free morpheme and a bound morpheme?
A free morpheme can be used alone. A bound morpheme cannot be used by itself, and it must always be attached to a stem.
After students listen to the poem "The Road Not Taken," by Robert Frost, which of these questions would activate HOTS?
Does this poem remind you of anything from your life?
Plagiarism, cheating, honor code
Academic English
Anita speaks English at a quick pace and has a large vocabulary. However, she makes many grammar mistakes.
Accuracy
Which age group is especially concerned with getting approval from their peer group (rather than from their teacher)?
Adolescents (teen years)
Two of the following five statements are correct. Which are they?
Adult learners may have had previous negative experiences of language learning. Adult learners are usually highly motivated and have clear objectives.
The German-speaking students in Lisa's English class believe that since English is in the same language family as German, both languages are incredibly similar. The students in Lisa's class are most likely...
Adults.
Acute, chronic, primary care physician, surgeon, NSAID, pharmaceutical drugs
Advanced
Scenario 2 Advanced teen students. Topic: Store returns. Lesson objective: The students will be able to demonstrate active listening skills in a role play about returning something to the store. Which would be the most effective activity to prepare them for this role play?
Ask students to talk about something they bought and wanted to return.
After the students watch the video, they could practice using the form "I would like..." by...
Asking one another if they would like to do the various activities they heard in the clip.
What was the purpose of the "Teaching 'used to'" handout?
It provides examples and exercises.
Improving your listening skills
BBC six-minute English podcasts
During your second class with an upper-intermediate group, a learner asks you to explain the difference between should and supposed to. You're not 100 percent sure. What would you do?
Be honest. Tell the student it's a good question and you're not really sure of the answer, but reassure him/her that you will check and will let him/her know in the next lesson.
Why do we designate certain judgments as red flags?
Because these feelings tend to be associated with stereotyping.
Why would summarizing the story for your students before they listen not be an appropriate strategy?
Because they are going to be doing that themselves later on.
A teacher has instructed her students to write a description of their daily routine. She has chosen to provide the following example as her pre-speaking activity. Read her activity and then answer the question below. "Every morning I wake up at 7 a.m. Before I leave, I shower, get dressed, brush my teeth, and eat breakfast. I get to work at 9 a.m. I eat lunch at 12 p.m. I leave work at 5 p.m. I go to the gym every night after work. I usually cook dinner at 7 p.m. Sometimes I order take-out. I always go to bed at 10 p.m." For what level of learner was this pre-writing activity created?
Beginner-level class
Which of the following is not useful in preventing problems in the classroom?
Being overly strict from the first lesson on
A teacher is planning a speaking activity to allow her students to use the present perfect to describe the best meal they have ever eaten at a restaurant. She wants to use this as a discussion prompt for the class. On which aspect of speaking is this activity focused?
Both fluency and accuracy
Here are terms that are often used to describe learners in the six language levels. Put them in the correct order, from beginner to advanced. 1. Breakthrough 2. Waystage 3. Threshold 4. Vantage 5. Proficiency 6. Mastery
Breakthrough Waystage Threshold Vantage Proficiency Mastery
A course focusing on international trade and finance would be part of a(n)...
Business English program.
As a final activity, you decide that the students will...
Create a skit about the events in small groups. The story has only two main characters, but they could create other characters to make the skit. It also gets them up and moving around, which they haven't done yet in this lesson.
Understanding a research article
Deductive
Exam notes
Detailed
The students are struggling with the adjective-noun matching activity. What is a filler you could substitute to help them?
Do a "collocation word hunt" (a word pair treasure hunt) using a dictionary.
"Fred's father has been living with them for three years." This is an example of a sentence using a verb in the past perfect continuous.
False
"Michael is going to be studying all weekend." This is an example of a sentence using a verb in the present continuous.
False
"Sally isn't going to like that book." This is an example of a sentence using a verb in the future perfect.
False
8.2 Make the grade The lesson objective does not use a concrete verb to describe the behavior the students will engage in.
False
A grammar activity that requires moving around individual pieces of paper with words written on them in order to create sentences would primarily be an auditory type of task.
False
A teacher is beginning a course with a new group of students that she has not yet met. In order to avoid conflict in the classroom, she has decided to forbid conversations about religion, politics, and family life. The teacher's actions are appropriate for the new course she is getting ready to teach, because her students never want to talk about these issues.
False
A teacher is introducing conditional sentences to his class. He hands them an excerpt from a grammar book explaining how to form these types of sentences. The input the teacher is providing to his class is adequate
False
A teacher is planning a lesson for a class of beginners on ordering food at a restaurant. He is planning to introduce 25 foods to the class in this lesson. The teacher will introduce an adequate number of words in this lesson.
False
In the lesson model that we have been using, the practice part gives students the opportunity to use the material more or less independently.
False
In this class, a good way of reviewing the vocabulary would have been to get the students to create sentences with the words.
False
It is always possible to take into account all of the different learning styles of individuals in the class and adapt our lessons accordingly.
False
It is important to record as much information as possible on the board at the same time so that students can write everything down.
False
It's a good idea to give the worksheet out at the beginning of the class.
False
Mistakes that cause a communication breakdown or a misunderstanding are the least important type of mistakes. Grammar mistakes are more significant and always need to be addressed.
False
Neither objective identifies the audience.
False
Older students tend to have less difficulty developing native-like pronunciation than younger students.
False
The goal of this lesson is to watch a video about daily routine.
False
The reasons also have some unfamiliar vocabulary. Let's see how to handle that. Let's take this sentence, for example, which has three words that students probably have not run across before (they are in bold): They are eschewing the tradition in which the grandfather—or a professional—will pick a name based on the Chinese zodiac, "to imbue the name with an auspicious meaning." Detailed reading is the best strategy to help them figure out what these words mean.
False
When implementing speaking activities that focus on fluency, teachers should give feedback and correct errors immediately.
False
You are teaching English to a group of six-year-olds. You decide to motivate them by giving them stickers every time they correctly answer one of your questions. By giving your students stickers, you are increasing your students' intrinsic motivation.
False
You are teaching a class of teenagers, when one student starts shouting at a classmate and using inappropriate language. You wait until class is over to talk to him about his behavior. The passage above describes an appropriate way to handle this situation.
False
You should have your students memorize the International Phonetic Alphabet so that they can write the visual representations of words quickly and easily.
False
You should never do group work in large classes.
False
You will always teach in a traditional classroom setting.
False
The teacher of the "Find someone who..." lesson can be categorized only as an explainer.
False (That's right! An explainer lectures; she was more like an enabler, a guide.)
One characteristic of CLT is that students learn to communicate by memorizing the target language.
False (They communicate by interacting.)
The monitor model makes no distinction between acquisition and learning.
False (It states that acquisition is unconscious and automatic, while learning is conscious and deliberate.)
Research has shown that it is possible to learn a new language up to approximately 60 years of age.
False (Research has shown that a healthy adult can learn a new language at any age.)
Situation 2 Language teachers should never stand at the front of the class and talk; they should have students involved in communication activities at all times.
False (Right! While you should make your classes as communicative as possible, there are circumstances when you will stand in front of your class and talk, such as when you are explaining a grammar point.)
Neither teacher played the role of monitor.
False (That's right! They both monitored a bit, but the teacher of the "Find someone who..." lesson played this role more actively.)
The purpose of the first class ("Find someone who...") is to have fun.
False (That's right! They did enjoy it, but the purpose is to talk as they introduce themselves.)
The teacher of the "Teaching 'used to'" lesson can be categorized only as an explainer.
False (Well done! An explainer lectures; she was more of an involver, but quite teacher-centered.)
The article says that the competing chefs were given "four main ingredients—blue cheese, pecans, salami, and lump crab meat" and that "each chef had to create three canapés using as many of the ingredients as possible." What kind of scanning activity would you have the students do with this information?
Fill out a chart showing how each chef used each ingredient.
Since you are working with adults and adults tend to have good analytical skills, you have decided that you want to make them aware of their learning styles so they can use this information to boost their learning. How would you do this?
Find an easy-to-use learning-style assessment and use it as the basis of a lesson whose objective is to teach strategies for effective learning. (Adults often welcome lessons that are practical. They also tend to be open to learning about learning.)
You are starting a new class with students who have never met each other before. Which of the following free speaking activities is most appropriate for an icebreaker session?
Find someone who...
What is the purpose of the "Find someone who..." handout?
It provides a structure to help the students ask one another questions.
What is the difference between general software applications for CALL and specific software applications? Choose the right answer:
General software applications for CALL are not necessarily used for teaching and have been written for a variety of purposes, but teachers can use them to teach English in a variety of ways. Specific software applications have been designed specifically for teaching English.
Next, the students will compare a few magazine ads. You decide to...
Give each pair two ads, and have each pair fill out a Venn diagram about them. (Students will be able to discuss the ads in pairs and monitor one another's use of the correct form of adjectives.)
To help them figure out "imbue," what would you do? Although using concept questions may work well in this situation, let's do something a little different.
Give the students three familiar words ("answer," "give," "tell") and tell them to substitute them for "imbue" in the sentence and see which one fits the context.
You want your students to practice detailed reading skills, so you...
Give them some blocks and directions for how to create a specific structure.
Scenario 2 Upper-beginner conversation class for elementary-age students. This is a supplemental class that meets one hour a week. There are 16 students, ages 8-10. These students know some basic vocabulary and rudimentary grammar. As a class, they have agreed that the next topic should be talking about pets, because they all have at least one. You allow your students to warm up and prepare for their conversation by...
Giving each pair a set of pictures and animal vocabulary to match. (Perfect. This way, they learn some of the vocabulary they need, and they are saying the words with their partners, so you can check for pronunciation. You may even want to include a few pictures that are about things pets need, such as a food dish or a leash.)
A teacher wants to discuss the concepts of formality and informality with her students. Which of the following vocabulary sets would be the most appropriate for showing the differences between formal and informal language?
Greeting and saying goodbye to others (These expressions can be both formal and informal, depending on whom you are speaking to.)
Idioms activity You give the students, in groups of fours, an idiom written on a card/slip of paper. Each group will have a different idiom. What will you tell them to do first?
Have each student draw a picture of it.
How can technology be used in the classroom to help students identify their pronunciation errors?
Have students record themselves and then play the recording back to identify pronunciation errors.
For the first activity, viewing ads on the Internet, the students will all be facing front so they can view the screen and hear the teacher. You originally planned the discussion on the ads to be a teacher-led review of the comparative forms of adjectives. However, you wanted to mix it up a little, so you decided to give the students handouts with ten sentences. They have to fill in the blanks using the correct form of the adjective. Unfortunately, the copier broke after you made only 30 copies. What will you do?
Have students work in pairs and give each pair a handout. (This way, everyone has access to the paper copy. Pairs also make it more interactive because they will read the sentences to one another and discuss their answers.)
Students need extensive second-language input to become effective communicators in the L2. What they get in the classroom is usually not enough. What can you do to increase their input?
Have them participate in an online discussion with other readers every two weeks. (Posting every two weeks is not too often. The online discussion in English also gives opportunities for reading.)
Salience is...
How easy it is for the learner to hear and figure out what is being said.
Which three of the following factors are important when judging the effectiveness of a test?
How practical it is. If it tests what we want it to test. If it can be graded in a generally objective manner.
"My students have nearly finished their project. They've been making a tourism video about this city, and now they want to make a poster to go with it."
I like to enabler my students
"I like to try different teaching methods, but sometimes it's hard to stay in control of the class."
I like to involve my students
"I have been teaching for 20 years, and I'm an expert on this subject. Everybody says my slides are very interesting."
I'll like to explain to my students
What can a teacher do if they are feeling underprepared for a pronunciation lesson due to lack of content expertise on pronunciation and linguistics?
Identify the students' problem areas or weak points and take time to research that particular problem only.
Select the correct order of instruction on paragraph writing.
Identify, paraphrase, write the parts, put it all together, polish it up
This lesson will be implemented at the understanding level of Bloom's taxonomy because the students will be...
Identifying and reporting on the topic.
Your students are working in groups of three on a controlled speaking activity. The task is dependent on each student accurately sharing their information. Every group except one is on task and progressing nicely. In one group, only two students are talking, and they don't seem to be completing the task. You think it may be that because the third student is known to have difficulties with pronunciation, he may not be able to make himself understood properly.
Immediate
You are leading a free speaking activity to allow students to describe their dream vacations using second-conditional constructions such as "If I could travel anywhere in the world, I would..."
Immediate feedback
What is blending?
It is a process to create a new word by putting parts of two words together.
If you eat carrots, will your eyesight improve? This sentence is not proper first conditional form because...
It is proper first conditional.
An 'approach', also called a 'view', is a theoretical framework for or a philosophy of teaching and learning.
It is the perspective from which something is taught and learned.
Scenario 1 Intermediate adult students, ten students in the class, moveable desks In this lesson, students will first listen to a recorded text and answer comprehension questions in their workbook about a couple driving to the hospital on a stormy night. Then they will listen again and put ten sentences in order according to what they've heard from the recording. Grammar highlight: phrasal verbs Based on what you saw in the previous presentation, how should the students answer the comprehension questions?
Individually It is easier for the students to listen to the recorded text and immediately write their answers down, as opposed to discussing each question with their classmates.
What is the final step?
Now, it's time for a jigsaw move. The students change groups so that in each group there are now students with different idioms. They compare and teach their idiom to their new group members.
Giving a presentation about someone who has inspired you
PowerPoint
Of the following, which one would you not include on a needs analysis questionnaire?
Questions about a learner's family members
A baseball cap
Realia Picture
A suitable warm-up for this lesson might be...
Reviewing the idiom "kick the bucket" and other related idioms.
Before the class, the teacher researched how cause and effect sentences are formed in her students' native languages to look for similarities with English.
Rule of relevance
To practice the grammar, the teacher has the students pair up and discuss the negative effects of an experience they had in the past.
Rule of use
After returning to school from summer break, a teacher instructs her students to sit in small groups and discuss their summer vacation. She chooses not to prepare her students to speak. During the speaking activity, she circulates the room, listening and answering questions. Why might she have chosen not to prepare her students for this activity? Choose the three best answers.
She knows her students will be rusty after not speaking English all summer. She wants to give them a chance to practice freely to build their confidence. She has many new students this year and wants to give them a chance to get to know each other. She wants to give her students the opportunity to engage in an authentic conversation.
Situation 6 Read what a teacher says about a problem in her class. What do you think she needs to improve on? "I teach English to teenagers. It's a great school, we have good course books, and the room is nice. But I have this problem—I do lots of communication activities, but we end up wasting so much time! The students never seem to know what to do. They're always asking questions, or even worse, they do something different from what I want them to do!"
She should give clearer instructions.
You worked with the student, went over the exercise you prepared, and played the part of her partner so she could practice using the phrases. You noticed, however, that she seemed reluctant to participate as actively in the phone activity as she normally would with her colleague. Why does the student show unusual reluctance when working one-on-one with you?
She was a little intimidated having to speak firmly to the teacher. (Being the teacher's partner is not a comfortable situation for some students.)
Clips of a cartoon
Storyboard
James is preparing a lesson on the present perfect tense for his class, with a focus on accuracy. After his presentation, he wants to have a few practice activities. Select the appropriate order for the following activities, based on the information in presentation 4.3.4.
Students will read a text about a person's travel experience Students will to a dialogue of two people talking about places they have traveled to Students will partner up and talk about their travel experience
Knowing that students also need opportunities for output, what kind of activity would you plan?
Students would play a game to encourage discussion and questions on a set of topics. (Students generally need practice with sustained conversations. This activity has just enough structure to scaffold their conversation.)
Who am I here?
Teacher's roles and responsibilities
Extensive reading lesson The students are mid-beginner teens. The students have worked with the dialogue described in the previous activity. As a follow-up, they are supposed to choose one of several humorous stories that the teacher has available, stories that describe a vacation gone awry. The stories are about one page long and are written in the first person. Each story has an illustration and a title that give an idea what the story is about. The one about arriving at the destination with no luggage is called "My bags took a vacation too," and the illustration shows a young man waiting impatiently at the baggage carousel. Another is about getting badly sunburned the first day on the beach and is entitled "My life as a lobster," and there is an illustration of a young woman in a bathing suit with an obvious sunburn and sipping a cool drink. Before-reading strategy: During-reading strategy: After-reading strategy:
The students predict from the title and the illustration what this text will be about. The students pause and predict what will happen next. The students write postcards from the story's narrator.
During-reading strategy:
The students scan for specific information in the text.
Although the class voted on three books, a few students may not be interested in reading any of the three selections. How should the teacher and/or students handle this?
The students should be allowed to choose one of the ten books on the original list.
Which teacher seemed to fit the role of guide better?
The teacher of the "Find someone who..." lesson (Correct. She gave clear instructions and clarified when asked.)
What was the desired outcome of this lesson?
The teacher wanted the students to interact with one another. (The teacher wanted them to use the various lists and video to stimulate discussion about positive and negative aspects of change.)
Which of the following is a special responsibility of the teacher in an English for specific purposes class?
The teacher will have to organize the course with input from a specialist in the students' field of study. (The teacher also will have to develop an appropriate syllabus.)
You are teaching a group of call center workers in India who need English for their work. They will have to speak to customers over the phone, often reading scripts from a computer screen. They will also need to answer customers' questions. In this scenario, which information do you think you should focus on as a teacher?
The written form The spoken form The basic meaning Degree of formality
Scenario 3 You are teaching an advanced learners' class. You know they enjoy learning vocabulary. You are teaching a group of words related to the theme "movies," and it will lead to a discussion. In this scenario, which information do you think you should focus on as a teacher?
The written form The spoken form The basic meaning The word class Collocations Connotations Degree of formality
Scenario 5 You are teaching a group of international students studying the English language and law at university. You are teaching vocabulary to help them prepare a practice research proposal. They will have to give a presentation to their peers and tutors about the research proposal at a later date. In this scenario, which information do you think you should focus on as a teacher?
The written form The spoken form The basic meaning The world class Collocations Connotations Degree of formality
Tick all the sentences that are correct. Practice activities for fluency work best when...
There is some form of information gap. There is focus on meaning. There is communicative purpose. There is a need for reciprocity. There is unpredictability.
How could the teacher have integrated students' personal experiences in this lesson?
They could have discussed the one modern device they couldn't live without. (They could have compared and contrasted what their life would be like with or without this device and agreed and disagreed with one another.)
Why are stereotypes detrimental to intercultural development?
They obstruct the learning process.
What are the advantages to rubrics that the class identified? Select all of the advantages that were given.
They save time when it comes to giving instructions. They save time when explaining expectations. They save time when giving feedback. They save time when calculating grades. They make expectations clear for the teacher and the student. They give the teacher feedback on her growth as an educator.
Why doesn't Natalie like the idea of rubrics initially?
They take too much time to create.
How were the students linguistically supported for the comparison of positive and negative effects?
They weren't supported adequately. (The teacher did this very quickly as she explained the task, but it was not given enough emphasis to support the students linguistically.)
They have their illustrations. What's the next step?
They work in their groups, compare their pictures, and discuss their idiom to decide what it means.
"What did you learn today?" is a good question to ask as a warm-down.
True
You are introducing the concept of third conditionals to your students. They are having trouble understanding how to form sentences with these types of constructions. It is acceptable to include a filler activity in this lesson, even if there is not enough time left to complete all the planned activities.
True
You could use individualized learning (students working alone) to help develop learner autonomy or for activities such as reading.
True
You have decided to start using rubrics to grade your students' assignments and assess their progress. You would like to use rubrics to grade their written work as well as assess their performance in pair and group speaking tasks. The activities described above are all appropriate times to use a rubric.
True
You have just bought a new coursebook for a class you are teaching in China. You notice that the food vocabulary taught is based on Western cuisines. You decide to change the vocabulary list to include ingredients more common in Chinese cuisine. The action described above is an acceptable practice in TEFL.
True
Spanglish is an example of interlanguage.
True (An interlanguage is formed when aspects of a speaker's native language and the language being learned are combined, as in Spanglish.)
You are in a training session at your new language school. Your trainer is giving a talk on your students' ability to learn English, and he says that it is possible for all students to learn the language in the same way and at the same rate. You should be skeptical of what your trainer has just said.
True (he aptitude for learning languages varies greatly among students, and all learners have different ways of learning languages.)
Situation 3 You are preparing to teach a new English class made up of student from four different countries. In this case, it is essential for you to be aware not only of each culture represented in your class but also of your own culture and how you will be perceived by your students.
True (Self-awareness of your own culture is as important as knowledge of your students' cultures.)
When making future revisions to the "used to" lesson, the teacher should keep the cultures of her students in mind to ensure an effective class.
True (That's right! Classes should always be planned in a way that makes each student feel as comfortable as possible.)
Both teachers seemed to play the roles of organizer and materials producer.
True (That's right! Each teacher played these roles in different ways.)
Finally, they...
Walk around the room cocktail-party fashion and talk about their pets with at least three people. (They could start with their partners since they have practiced the dialogue with them, then move on to two other people. Depending on how relaxed and confident they are with their English skills, their conversations may be a lot like their dialogues, but that's okay as a start. Remember, they are beginners.)
You've only just started teaching, but you want to make sure you can develop professionally, so you ask your superior if you can observe some of your colleagues teaching. What are the benefits of peer observation?
You can share ideas and suggestions openly.
You want your students to focus on meaning while reading a text rather than trying to translate it or take it apart grammatically. Which lesson will you use?
You will provide a variety of newspaper and magazine articles on different topics and have students discuss them in pairs. (This task-based activity helps the students focus on meaning and not any particular vocabulary or structure.)
A false beginner is...
a student who knows some words and expressions in English but isn't really able to communicate. (They may have learned some English passively through watching movies or listening to music.)
The students will fill in a chart with the information about the climbers. This is a(n)...
after-reading strategy.
This audio from StoryCorps is an example of...
authentic audio text.
Brainstorming words about mountain climbing to start readers thinking about the topic would be an example of a(n)...
before-reading activity.
The teacher will lead a discussion about the title and the illustration in the text. This is a(n)...
before-reading strategy.
The CoE/ALTE "can-do" statements
can be used for self-assessment explain using everyday language what a student is able to do at each language level. (And can be used for self-assessment.)
A useful topic for students to practice social listening skills is...
complimenting what someone is wearing.
Although this lesson was fairly teacher-centered and lacked a clear language focus, it did meet some criteria from Nunan's list: The students listened to authentic video, interacted with the teacher, did pair work, and used higher-order thinking skills to come up with positive/negative effects.
creating a presentation similar to the video clip to present to the class. (They could do this then lead a discussion comparing their ideas with the rest of the class.)
An effective after-listening activity for this audio before the students write their summary would be...
discussion in pairs about the material.
The students are supposed to underline any dates they see in the text. This is a(n)...
during-reading strategy.
For lower-level students who have difficulty understanding instructions, it may be necessary to provide...
exemplars.
Select the correct option. If the aim of your activity is to develop your learners' fluency , it is better to delay any feedback until the end of the activity. Answer 1:
fluency
Words are worked into relationships with one another. Does this idea help us understand input, storage, and/or retrieval of vocabulary?
input storage retrieval
Scanning a text for specific information to answer fill-in-the-blank statements is an example of...
intensive reading.
Your learners are taking part in a telephone role play as part of an initial task to assess their language use. You hear quite a few problems. You...
make a note of some of the most common problems and those that may cause a communication breakdown, to focus on after the activity.
Frequency and effectiveness affect use. Does this idea help us understand input, storage, and/or retrieval of vocabulary?
storage retrieval
For students who have an educational background that focused on grammar and writing, using _______________ can be a great way to help them speak with confidence.
structured conversation
