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  • What's realia? Should we use it in the class?
    Real objects that help students in a class. Yes, we should use it to aid communciation and help haptic learners.
  • Should we make students recite in front of the class?
    No, because it can be threatening and intimidating to students. But if there is preparation and support...
  • What does "activating schemata" mean?
    It means to bring up to surface what the students already know about a topic, that is, their background knowledge.
  • Should we teach in lecture style?
    No, we shouldn't. We should increase learners' participation to a maximum in class.
  • Should we do a pre-listening task? Why or why not?
    Yes, because it helps prepare the students for the listening task and it increases their chance of success.
  • Should we play games to practice grammar structures?
    Yes, we should.
  • Should we make word maps and word banks?
    Yes, it will scaffold learning and practice of language.
  • What is "comprehensible input" proposed by Krashen?
    Language input that can be understood by learners despite them not knowing all the words in the utterance.
  • Should we brainstorm about a topic before reading or listening?
    Yes, we should. It will help activate schemata.
  • What's "scaffolding" in language learning?
    Support given by the teacher to help learners when they might find the activity too difficult.
  • Should we pre-teach vocabulary before a listening?
    Yes, especially if there are keywords that the teacher knows are beyond the students' level.
  • Should we only use the book in class?
    No, we should adapt some of it activities and bring extra material that will help support learning.
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