English Methodology - Revision on Receptive Skills

What is ESP?

• English for Special Purposes

• English for Specific Purposes

• English for Serious Problems

• English for Scientific Purposes

About ESP, it is CORRECT to say:

• The classes must follow a specific method and students' needs are not taken into consideration.

• The teacher must focus on reading and writing, key skills for academic purposes.

• The student's needs must be analysed and students are grouped according to their specific necessities.

• Its is originated from only one theoretical trend in Linguistics.

Which reading strategy is related to identifying words that are similar in L2 and L1?

• Identifying the text type

• Identifying cognates

• Identifying communicative purposes

• Identifying non-verbal elements

The strategy of SKIMMING can be explained as:

• observing the text quickly just to detect the general topic, without worrying about the details.

• quickly looking through the text until you find the information you want.

• reading the text carefully in order to learn new vocabulary and structures

• none of the above

The strategy of SCANNING can be explained as:

• observing the text quickly just to detect the general topic, without worrying about the details.

• quickly looking through the text until you find the information you want.

• reading the text carefully in order to learn new vocabulary and structures

• none of the above

In a good reading lesson, the tasks must follow as to require the use of strategies in the order:

• Full reading, skimming, scanning;

• Skimming, Scanning, full reading;

• Scanning, Skimming, full reading

• Scanning, Full reading, Skimming.

Concerning Listening, in general a lesson should follow these steps, respectively:

• 1 Play recording/ 2 Set Questions / 3 Check / 4 Play recording again if necessary.

• 1. Set questions / 2. Check / Play recording again if necessary / Set questions

• 1 Set questions / 2 Play recording / 3 Check / 4 Play recording again if necessary.

According to Scrivener, there are two types of Listening Tasks, which are:

• Listening for Speaking and Listening for Writing

• Listening for General Idea and Listening for Gist

• Listening for Learning Vocabulary versus Listening for Learning Grammar

• Listening for Specific Purposes and Listening for General Idea

About the "Task-Feedback-Circle" Strategy, it is INCORRECT to say:

• Its first step is the Lead in, which is an optional contextualization.

• According to it, the teacher should set questions before playing the audio.

• It can also be used for planning reading tasks.

• After the listening, teacher must give feedback.

In relation to this task, it is correct to say:

Questions:

1- What do you think the building is for? Listen and check:

a. providing better places to live in the city.

b. producing food for city inhabitants.

2 - Listen again and answer:

a. Why does food have to be transported long distances?

• It is a Top-down task

• It is a Bottom-up task