Food for Thought

Mark all of the negative viewpoints on peer interaction that were discussed in the presentation.

• feedback may be incorrect

• increases anxiety among students

• reduces the importance of the teacher

• errors may not be detected

What are some of the benefits of peer interaction? Mark all of the options you consider to be correct.

• Students learn from their mistakes.

• The teacher gets some time to sit back and relax.

• Student mistakes are immediately corrected.

• Students can socialize with one another.

For complex activities, the format that is recommended is ...

• group work

• pair work

• all-class work

A communicative activity carried out between individuals of equal standing is called ...

When students are required to reach an outcome that is not language based, we talk about ...

• an exercise

• an activity

• a task

Singing a song to learn a language is an example of ...

• an exercise

• an activity

• as task

An irregular verbs drill is an example of ...

• an exercise

• an activity

• a task

When students are required to plan a trip together, this is an example of ...

• a debating task

• sharing a personal experience

• a decision making task

Writing a story is an example of ...

• a decision making task

• a creative task

• a problem solving task

The following things are important when providing feedback on peer interaction (mark all of the options you consider to be correct):

• highlight accurate language use

• show interest in what students say

• correct errors immediatey

• correct all of the errors