... Talking about subjects Summarize the reading contents FINAL NOTESCareful pre-teaching better understandingUnderstand the text first, answer questions laterBeing able to relate to ... WHILE-YOU-READHelp students to understand the text before get them to answer the questionsTimelineTable/ChartMapVisuals WHILE-YOU-READReduce the loadBreak the passage into smaller partsUnit ... the questionsCheck to make sure students understand the questions WHILE-YOU-READDevelop skillsSkimming: Which sentence = most importantVocab-in-context: How you arrive at the...
... USE****************************** iv Introduction How toTeach This Module This section contains information that will help you toteach this module. Welcome students to the course and introduce yourself. ... will be able to configure a DataAdapter to retrieve information, populate a DataSet by using a DataAdapter, configure a DataAdapter to modify information, persist data changes to a server, ... you to identify students who may not have the appropriate background or experience to attend this course. Briefly describe each module and what students will learn. Be careful not to go into...
... Havestudentsdoacommunicativetaskonthetopic(communicativeoutput)Wheninstructorshavetheopportunity to developpartorallofthecoursecurriculum,theycandevelopaseriesofcontextsbasedontherealworldtasksthatstudentswillneed to performusingthelanguage,andthen teach grammarandvocabularyinrelation to thosecontexts.Forexample,studentswhoplan to travelwillneed to understandpublicaddressannouncementsinairportsandtrainstations.Instructorscanuseaudio‐tapedsimulations to provideinput; teach thegrammaticalformsthattypicallyoccurinsuchannouncements;andthenhavestudentspracticebyaskingandansweringquestions about whatwasannounced. How toTeach TOEFLTOEICIELTSandMore How toTeach TOEFLTOEICIELTSandMore50AssessingGrammarProficiencyAuthenticAssessmentJustasmechanicaldrillsdonot teach studentsthelanguage,mechanicaltestquestionsdonotassesstheirability to useitinauthenticways.Inorder to provideauthenticassessmentofstudents’grammarproficiency,anevaluationmustreflectreal‐lifeusesofgrammarincontext.Thismeansthattheactivitymusthaveapurposeotherthanassessmentandrequirestudents to demonstratetheirlevelofgrammarproficiencybycompletingsometask. To developauthenticassessmentactivities,beginwiththetypesoftasksthatstudentswillactuallyneed to dousingthelanguage.Assessmentcanthentaketheformofcommunicativedrillsandcommunicativeactivitieslikethoseusedintheteachingprocess.Forexample,theactivitybasedonaudiotapesofpublicaddressannouncementscanbeconvertedintoanassessmentbyhavingstudentsrespondorallyorinwriting to questions about asimilartape.Inthistypeofassessment,theinstructorusesachecklistorrubric to evaluatethestudent’sunderstandingand/oruseofgrammarincontext.Mechanicaltestsdoserveonepurpose:Theymotivatestudents to memorize.Theycanthereforeserveasprompts to encouragememorizationofirregularformsandvocabularyitems.Becausetheytestonlymemorycapacity,notlanguageability,theyarebestusedasquizzesandgivenrelativelylittleweightinevaluatingstudentperformanceandprogress. ... OvertGrammarInstructionAdultstudentsappreciateandbenefitfromdirectinstructionthatallowsthem to applycriticalthinkingskills to languagelearning.Instructorscantakeadvantageofthisbyprovidingexplanationsthatgivestudentsadescriptiveunderstanding(declarativeknowledge)ofeachpointofgrammar.Downloadthegrammarebookforthiscourseat:www.TEFLeBooks.com/grammar.pdfandworkallthewaythroughit. HowtoTeachTOEFLTOEICIELTSandMore2HowtoTeachTOEFLđTOEICđIELTSđandOtherStandardizedExaminationsSecondEditionCopyrightâTEFLeBooksdotcomAllrightsreserved.Permissiongrantedtoreproducepartsofthispublicationaslongasattributionisnoted.ThisebookwasdevelopedincooperationwithTEFLBootCampTohelpusdoabetterjobofhelpingyou,wewouldappreciateyouropinionaboutthisebook.Pleasetakeourfast,easyandconfidentialsurveyhere:CLICKHERE ... Speaking(11–14minutes).TheListening,ReadingandWritingtestsaredoneinonesitting.TheSpeakingtestmaybeonthesamedayorup to sevendaysbeforeoraftertheothertests.D.PracticeTestingandrecalibratinggoalsAfterareasonableperiodofstudy,haveyourstudentstakeaprogresstestandre‐evaluatetheirgoalsbasedontheirperformance.Notwostudentswillbeexactlythesameandgoalsshouldbeindividualized.FreeResourcesfromIELTSDownloadavarietyofPDFfilesthatprovideassistanceandinstructionforallthesectionsoftheIELTSexaminationaswellastheIELTSGuideforTeachersat:http://www.ielts.org/teachers.aspx How toTeach TOEFLTOEICIELTSandMore43 To addressthedeclarativeknowledge/proceduralknowledgedichotomy,teachersandstudentscanapplyseveralstrategies.1....
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