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15 Cards in this Set
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Beginner |
0 knowledge to very basic knowledge that cannot be easily activated |
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Elementary |
Able to form basic sentence structures and communicate on simple topics |
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Low/ pre-intermediate |
able to communicate and understand a great variety of topics, but still not having general fluency and depth of language awareness, still makes many mistakes |
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Intermediate |
Able to communicate on a wide variety of topics using limited vocabulary, but still lacking in fluency and accuracy |
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Upper Intermediate |
Should be able to communciate on most topics with a greater range of language but still lacking accuracy |
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Advanced |
should have a very good command of English language and should be studying more subtle language items |
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What are the 6 levels |
Beginner, elementary, low/pre-intermediate, intermediate, upper intermediate, advanced: a1,a2,b1,b2,c1,c2 |
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What makes a good learner? |
-willingness to listen to the language; willingness to experiment with the language; open to error correction; desire to learn; ability to think about their own learning process and methods; a willingness to ask questions |
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What makes a good teacher? |
kind, patient, willing to pay attention to student weaknesses and help to make changes, knowledgeable about material, enthusiastic, able to correct students without offence, good rapport and interaction with the class, involve all students equally, love teaching |
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different teacher roles and why are important |
participant: participate in class as equal member of class. can liven from inside. important that teacher does not take over resource: student led, but teacher can be there to help students motivator: organizer: very important role. if class not organized students can get unruly model: may be only example students see for how to speak. very much walking prompter: give edge if deems it necessary manager or controller: does not need to stay in this role all the time. this is when mainly leading students assessor: when evaluate student work. Vital that teacher is fair with all students tutor: one on one individual attention observer or monitor: maintain distance from the class. look to see what is going on to use to help later |
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difference between young and adult learners |
learning experience: adult learners may have previous experiences that cloud the way they look at learning, children do not have this back story and more open minded to class adult learners have greater attention spans than younger students motivation: adult learners may be more motivated because they made the decision to take the class, younger students may not be life experience: adult learners can bring their life experience into the classroom, children do not have as much to fall back on language awareness: adult learners may try to bring new language in context of native tongue, younger students may be more willing to experience the language in the new context nervousness: older learners may be more afraid to lose face, compared to very young learners |
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different age ranges for teaching |
adult: 18+ puberty: 12-18 (hardest, forced to and care about saving face) pre-puberty: 8-12 young learners: 7 and under |
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why may be learning language |
travel, to study, professional reasons, to communicate with a loved one, planning to move to an english-speaking country, out of interest in languages |
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Acronym for different levels. What are levels part of? |
Common European Framework: BWTVEM |
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BWTVEM |
Breakthrough A1, Waystage A2, Threshold B1, Vantage B2, Effective C1, Mastery C2 |
