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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What method do Brewster, Ellis & Girard reccomend to manage time in our classes? Explain it briefly.
Plan (warm up, review, preview) Do (activate, practice) Review (make students aware of the learning process)
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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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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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What is the difference between roleplay and simulation?
Both involve a degree of improvisation in an artificial environment. RP requires pupils to pretend to be someone they aren't; sim. lets them act as themselves
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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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According to Nunan, what are the two main aspects that set the Learner Centred Approach apart from other approaches? (25)
Activities based on information & materials provided/elaborated by students & their opinions about contents/methodology/evaluation are taken into account
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Name a children's classic from the 19th century with a child as the main character. Who is the author?
Oliver Twist or Great Expectations (Charles Dickens), Tom Sawyer or Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain).
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Name 2 pedagogical benefits of using songs in the classroom.
Promotion of oral fluency/active listening/concentration/memory; repetition=fun internalization of content & alignment with the developmental stage of students
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Name 5 characteristics of the Communicative Approach, citing any relevant authors. (14)
Developmental stage, meaningful learning, roughly tuned language, related to students' interests, authentic language for authentic reasons, etc...
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Name and define three types of literature of particular interest in the FLC.
NURSERY RHYMES: traditional songs/rhymes for kids. RIDDLES: questions that play with language. TALES: short, fun stories (traditional/modern)
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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.)