Teaching Techniques & Student Presentations

Question 1

When students are working together in Pairs and groups, they should be practicing (?) conversation.

Answer 1

English

Question 2

A common task for students to perform when practicing conversation is to write example (?). This type of practice is called (?) (?).

Answer 2

Conversations

Role play

Question 3

True / False

Physical activities in general are excellent to use in class because they help cement language in the students minds

Answer 3

True

Question 4

ESP stands for

Answer 4

English for Specific Purposes

Question 5

True of False

When setting presentation tasks, leave it up to the student as to how they want to present it.

Answer 5

False

Question 6

True or false.

Typically lower level students are required to choose a presentation topic that they feel comfortable with.

Answer 6

True

Question 7

The student giving the presentation needs to consider (?) of language and other public speaking techniques such as (?)-(?) just as much as language production.

Answer 7

Tone

Eye-contact

Question 8

Name 6 tips teachers should give students before they give a presentation .

Answer 8

1. Consider your volume
2. Speak clearly
3. Don’t speak too fast
4. Maintain eye contact
5. Practice before hand
6. Stand up straight

Question 9

True or false:

Classroom English deals with English and expressions that are commonly used within the English classroom.

Answer 9

True

Question 10

True or false:

Being polite to students in general is an excellent teaching technique as students will learn by example.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

English used in an everyday situation or by native speakers outside the (?) rules of English is known as (?) English.

Answer 11

Conventional

Functional

Question 12

True or false:

Group work should be avoided in classrooms.

Answer 12

False

Question 13

Group work helps (?) the students and take the pressure off the (?)

Answer 13

Relax

Individual

Question 14

Please name 4 things that group work promotes.

Answer 14

1. Students assist each other
2. More dynamic interaction between students
3. Increased pool of knowledge
4. Takes the pressure off the individual

Question 15

(?) group activities provide a good balance between the scope of activities and variation of (?) practice

Answer 15

Small

Language

Question 16

In (?) groups, it is easy for students to disengage and (?) interest in the activity.

Answer 16

Large

Lose

Question 17

Pair work may be highly effective, but only if pairs are (?) regularly

Answer 17

Mixed.

Question 18

Please name 5 ways to maximize student interaction.

Answer 18

1. Move around the room
2. Generate a positive learning environment
3. Helping students to speak louder and with more confidence
4. Assist students who are stuck on a task
5. Use student comments, answers, questions to lead students through the tasks.
6. Do not be afraid of silence, students need time to think and process information.

Question 19

True or false:

Student errors in EFL are seen as a positive step.

Answer 19

True

Question 20

Please name 4 common errors that EFL students make

Answer 20

1. Grammatical mistakes.
2. Lexical mistakes. (Eg race-car pilot)
3. Pronunciation mistakes.
4. Task based errors

Question 21

(?) is repeating the students speech up to the error.

Answer 21

Recasting

Question 22

Please name 6 commonly made grammatical mistakes:

Answer 22

1. The use of Articles (A, An, The)
2. Countable/uncountable Nouns
3. Verb Forms/Tenses - past, continuous verbs, auxiliary verbs
4. Word forms - Nouns/adjectives - Adjectives/adverbs
5. Subject-Verb agreement - i am, you are, I run, he runs
6. Word Order - Subject-Verb-object, Adjective-Noun

Question 23

Conversations are the cornerstone of (?) and make up a significant proportion of daily (?) use.

Answer 23

Language

Language