WorksheetsMaterials development in ELT
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
Which are the principal approaches to evaluation?
Suggestopedia and CLT
Impression approach and Audiolingual Method
In-depth and Impression approach
What is the first step in selecting the best course book?
Elaborating a list of potential coursebooks
The coursebook which most closely the requeriments will be the best available
Identifying the aims and objectives of your teaching program
Choose the four stages when we are going to select a coursebook.
Select an approach, determination of skills, adapting of the coursebook, improve of methods.
Analysis, interpretation, evaluation and selection
Gather for information, adapting lesson planing, checking feedback
How does the communicative approach affect grammar teaching and
error evaluation?
It ignores grammar rules entirely
It emphasizes real-world language use
It focuses only on grammatical accuracy
What are the two meanings of "being communicative"?
Notional and Formal
Notional and Grammatical
Notional and Functional
What are receptive skills?
Listening and Reading
Speaking and Reading
Reading and Writing
Ellis outlines a scheme called retrospective evaluation that allows...
teachers to reflect on the success or failure of the materials when implementing them in a classroom
identify the qualities of a material and decide if it can be adapted to a syllabus
teachers to reflect on their practice, which is closely linked to the notion of action research
What is the main goal of the internal evaluation?
To assess how well the previously mentioned factors in the external evaluation are reflected in the materials
To compare the materials with competitors' products
To determine the cost-effectiveness of the materials
Why is it necessary to evaluate teaching materials according to Cunningsworth, 1984?
Because teachers never use published course materials
Because teachers use published course materials regularly and it is important to select the right ones
Because teachers do not need to evaluate materials because they are already approved
What is the approach of the TBL?
The approach is form and function
The language
Accuracy
What is the focus of current teaching methods in reading comprehension?
Evaluating comprehension and translating texts
Teaching transferable skills like skimming, scanning, prediction, and inference
Focusing only on vocabulary and grammar
