PRACTICAL 3 - Quiz 1

When teaching students to identify the purpose of a text about food, what activity would help them achieve this goal?

• Ask students to guess the author's intent and target audience based on the first paragraph and title.

• Ask students to underline all adjectives in the text.

• Ask students to rewrite the text in their own words.

To help students practice skimming a passage about famous cities, which task is most effective?

• Ask them to quickly locate the first sentence of each paragraph to find the main idea.

• Ask them to write down every new word they encounter.

• Ask them to copy the full text for review later.

If a text explains the timeline of a historical event, how can students practice scanning for information?

• Ask them to find and highlight dates and match them to events in the text.

• Ask them to read the entire text aloud to a partner.

• Ask them to create a list of every noun in the text.

While teaching a paragraph about how microbes are used in food production, what question can encourage critical thinking?

• Ask students, "How does the use of microbes in food contribute to its flavor or texture?"

• Ask students, "What does the word 'microbe' mean?"

• Ask students, "What is the third sentence in the paragraph?"

After reading a news article on climate change, what is a practical post-reading activity to deepen student engagement?

• Have students write a short essay proposing one solution to reduce carbon emissions.

• Ask students to highlight all the verbs in the text.

• Have students rewrite the article in simpler language.

Before listening to a podcast about budgeting, what is the best pre-listening activity?

• Ask students to brainstorm three ways they currently save money and share them with a partner.

• Play the podcast once without any preparation and ask students to summarize it.

• Provide students with a vocabulary list from the podcast and ask them to memorize it.

While listening to a conversation in a shop, what task would help students focus on details?

• Ask them to fill in a table with the items purchased, their prices, and how they were paid for.

• Ask them to write down the full dialogue from memory.

• Ask them to count how many times each speaker talks.

When listening to a podcast about healthy eating, how can students engage critically with the content?

• Ask them, "What suggestions does the speaker give for eating healthier, and do you agree with them?"

• Ask them, "How many times does the word 'healthy' appear in the podcast?"

• Ask them, "What are the names of the speakers in the podcast?"

After listening to an explanation about how bread rises, what activity connects listening and vocabulary?

• Ask students to define key terms from the audio, such as "yeast" and "fermentation," in their own words.

• Ask students to repeat the audio word for word.

• Ask students to draw a picture of bread.

Following a podcast on sustainable living, what is an effective post-listening task?

• Have students create a poster highlighting three sustainable practices mentioned in the podcast.

• Ask students to memorize and recite three sentences from the podcast.

• Ask students to write a list of all the nouns they heard.