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WorksheetsImproving Lesson Pace
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What will help your pace?
Take a whole lesson for homework check
Elicit words using images or realia
Interrupt tasks by welcoming latecomers
Get all answers one-by-one from students
Which will not help your lesson pace?
Monitor activities fully
Give answer keys
Paircheck every activity, even for very simple questions
Give visual instructions
Pre-teaching (a) can take a long time if you do it properly - so make sure you only pick the most suitable words.
What would be a suitable word to pre-teach to a pre-intermediate class?
Paris
Go
Acquiescence
Opportunity
Which TDC member might be found sailing a yacht and winning cups?
Perihan
James
Şebnem
Fatma
Try showing the answer key on the screen when going over weekend (a) . This ought to only take about 10-15 minutes.
If you (a) your students properly while they complete a task, you can see when most of them have finished the work.
What is an efficient way to instruct a task?
Show an example
Repeat yourself
Use cleft sentences
Give a handout before giving instructions
If you waste time asking students "do you all agree?" they will usually say " (a) "
When is the best time to end a controlled practice activity?
When all students have finished
When most students have finished
When the fastest student has finished
After 5 minutes
A student interrupts you with an irrelevant question. What could be a suitable response?
"Let's deal with it later today - write a question bubble"
"Let's chat about that in the break"
"Take a look at the notes we took this morning"
Any of the above
What's an efficient way to deal with weekend homework?
Give students an answer key
Ask students for answers one by one
Ask students to come to the board and write answers
Summarising the answers for latecomers
Try giving students an (a) after they complete a receptive task. This is a great way to save a bit of time, if you need to.
Which TDC member peddles to work?
Perihan
James
Şebnem
Fatma
If all students hand in their (a) at the start of the lesson, they'll be more engaged throughout.
You can speed up (a) by giving answerkeys, or by asking for one-word answers.
Which member of the TDC is considered the best cook?
James
Şebnem
Perihan
Fatma
If you (a) your students properly, you can see if they're doing the task correctly. You can also see when most of them have finished.
Which TDC member is innamorato dell'Italia?
Perihan
Fatma
James
Şebnem
Who is the new Monarch of the UK?
King Charles III
King Andrew II
Queen Cecilia
King Sebahattin IV
