Comprehension Check Unit 16-17

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Modelling

• Two students demonstrate to the rest of the class how their design works.

• The students copy the target language from their exercise books into their vocabulary records.

• The students listen to the target language on the recording then say it themselves.

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Contextualisation

• The teacher gives the students a history quiz then uses this to introduce the past tense.

• The teacher explains to students that you use should to give someone advice.

• The teacher asks the students to discuss their favourite sport then corrects their mistakes.

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A lead-in

• The teacher starts the class by doing some revision before teaching some new language.

• The teacher chats to the class about what they did last weekend before playing them a song to listen to and then sing.

• The class describes pictures of capital cities before listening to a recording on visiting different cities.

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Focus on form

• The teacher explains the meaning of the new vocabulary by using synonyms.

• The teacher elicits the spelling of some new words then writes them on the board.

• The teacher mimes something she can do and something she can't do.

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A situational presentation

• The teacher tells the students about something that happened to her one day at school.

• The teacher asks the students to present their group's ideas to the class.

• The teacher plays a recording then the students do a comprehension task on it.

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Which activity does NOT give learners controlled pronunciation practice?

• Listening to words and ticking the ones you hear.

• Saying a list of words all containing the same problem phoneme.

• Repeating sentences and beating their rhythm at the same time.

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Which activity does NOT focus on accuracy?

• Gap-filling.

• Rank ordering.

• Copying.

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Which activity does NOT develop listening for gist?

• Listening to choose a title for a text.

• Listening to decide how many speakers there are.

• Listening to draw a route on a map.

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Which activities do NOT involve an information-gap?

• True/false questions.

• Surveys.

• Problem-solving.

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Which activities do NOT allow learners to use the language they want?

• Project work.

• Controlled practice activities.

• Communicative activities.