Teaching Techniques & Student Presentations Flashcards
When students are working together in Pairs and groups, they should be practicing (?) conversation.
English
A common task for students to perform when practicing conversation is to write example (?). This type of practice is called (?) (?).
Conversations
Role play
True / False
Physical activities in general are excellent to use in class because they help cement language in the students minds
True
ESP stands for
English for Specific Purposes
True of False
When setting presentation tasks, leave it up to the student as to how they want to present it.
False
True or false.
Typically lower level students are required to choose a presentation topic that they feel comfortable with.
True
The student giving the presentation needs to consider (?) of language and other public speaking techniques such as (?)-(?) just as much as language production.
Tone
Eye-contact
Name 6 tips teachers should give students before they give a presentation .
- Consider your volume
- Speak clearly
- Don’t speak too fast
- Maintain eye contact
- Practice before hand
- Stand up straight
True or false:
Classroom English deals with English and expressions that are commonly used within the English classroom.
True
True or false:
Being polite to students in general is an excellent teaching technique as students will learn by example.
True
English used in an everyday situation or by native speakers outside the (?) rules of English is known as (?) English.
Conventional
Functional
True or false:
Group work should be avoided in classrooms.
False
Group work helps (?) the students and take the pressure off the (?)
Relax
Individual
Please name 4 things that group work promotes.
- Students assist each other
- More dynamic interaction between students
- Increased pool of knowledge
- Takes the pressure off the individual
(?) group activities provide a good balance between the scope of activities and variation of (?) practice
Small
Language
In (?) groups, it is easy for students to disengage and (?) interest in the activity.
Large
Lose
Pair work may be highly effective, but only if pairs are (?) regularly
Mixed.
Please name 5 ways to maximize student interaction.
- Move around the room
- Generate a positive learning environment
- Helping students to speak louder and with more confidence
- Assist students who are stuck on a task
- Use student comments, answers, questions to lead students through the tasks.
- Do not be afraid of silence, students need time to think and process information.
True or false:
Student errors in EFL are seen as a positive step.
True
Please name 4 common errors that EFL students make
- Grammatical mistakes.
- Lexical mistakes. (Eg race-car pilot)
- Pronunciation mistakes.
- Task based errors
(?) is repeating the students speech up to the error.
Recasting
Please name 6 commonly made grammatical mistakes:
- The use of Articles (A, An, The)
- Countable/uncountable Nouns
- Verb Forms/Tenses - past, continuous verbs, auxiliary verbs
- Word forms - Nouns/adjectives - Adjectives/adverbs
- Subject-Verb agreement - i am, you are, I run, he runs
- Word Order - Subject-Verb-object, Adjective-Noun
Conversations are the cornerstone of (?) and make up a significant proportion of daily (?) use.
Language
Language
