Assessment must be ____, ____, and ____. What does this mean?
CONTINUOUS: we are always assessing. FORMATIVE: influence our teaching process. SUMMATIVE: take into account all activities. (Students should self assess.)
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How did behaviourism change FL teaching?
Behaviourism (Sapir/Bloomfield), which says lang. is a behaviour and can be learned through repetition & reinforcement shifted us to the AL/AV methods.
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Where does it say: “Students must acquire basic communicative competence (CC) that allows them to express and understand simple messages and participate in everyday situations in at least one foriegn language.”?
Royal Decree 126/2013, Article 7f. (Stage General Objectives)
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What did the Direct/Natural Method attempt to do in comparison to the Grammar-Translation Method?
The D/N Method attempts to teach FL in the same way the L1 is learned, focusing purely on acquisition, as opposed to the G-T Method, which teaches artificially
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Which theory by which author can explain why games are such a great tool for FL learning? (think motivation, relaxation...) Explain why.
The Affective Filter Hypothesis, Stephen Krashen. Games lower our students' affective filters by motivating them and making them feel more relaxed.
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Name the 4 Blocks of Contents and 2 of their 6 subcategories found in Decree 108/2014.
B1:L, B2:S, B3:R, B4:W. Linguistic functions, strategies, sociocultural aspects, high frequency vocabulary, syntactic structures, transversal contents.
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What are Jazz Chants and who invented them?
Chants that draw FL learner's attention to the rhythm of the English language, helping them to master suprasegmental elements of speech (Carolyn Graham)
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How does Escamilla define "units"?
A way to organise T/L around a content element, bringing together the whole process & making it meaningful.
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Name some exables of visual aids and explain how you would use them in class.
Newspapers, comics, realia, flashcards, classroom decoration, white/blackboard, smartboard, puppets and props, etc.
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Name three of the six planning principles. Name any related authors, if applicable. (21)
What is one of the main benefits of drama projects (i.e. practicing memorized lines) in the FLC?
Allow pupils to focus on and practice paralinguistic features of speech and accompanying nonverbal communication without worrying about the words themselves.
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Name and briefly define the 4 grouping types, stating some benefits/uses of each.
LOCKSTEP: everyone works with the teacher. INDIVIDUAL: everyone works by themselves. PAIR: groups of 2. GROUP: 3 or more.
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Name the main benefits of having a textbook and the main benefits of NOT having a textbook.
Textbook: Lots of pre-preapared materials; ease of use. No textbook: flexibility and adaptability.
