What is the difference between a skills lesson and a systems lesson?
The difference between skills and systems is that the four skills are things you can learn HOW to do. You can't learn "how to grammar".
What ratio of TTT vs STT are we aiming for?
30%/70%
Name one thing you could include in your classroom routine for young learners
a welcome/goodbye song, monitor to write the date, review sounds and letters, etc.
Give one example of some classroom language to teach YLs.
Can you repeat that, please? / What does x mean?
What's the difference between ICQs and CCQs?
ICQs check instructions and CCQs check understanding of meaning of language.
Give at least one CCQ for 'library'.
Can I buy books there? Can I borrow books from there? Can I keep a book from the library?
Give at least one CCQ for 'If I had known, I'd have called you'.
Do I know? Did I call you? Is this past, present or future? Can I change it? Is it real or unreal?
Name at least one thing you could decorate your young learner classroom with
vocabulary record, birthday calendar, we will do/we have done...
What is a lesson aim?
Aims are what teachers want learners to achieve by the end of a lesson, unit or a course
Name at least one interaction pattern.
T-Ss (whole group) / S-S (pairs) / Ss-Ss (groups)
Which are the CEFR levels?
Pre A1 / A1 / A2 / B1 / B2 / C1 / C2
What is reading/listening for gist?
Gist is the general meaning or purpose of a text, either written or spoken.
What is reading/listening for detail?
Reading or listening for details means reading to connect details in the text to the main ideas you've already identified
Why sould we pre-teach vocabulary in a reading/listening lesson?
To unblock necessary vocabulary for understanding the text and to perform well while doing the tasks.
What is the aim of a post-reading/post-listening task?
To get learners to speak or write about the text
