- •Methods of Foreign Language Teaching and its relation to other sciences.
- •Speak about the fundamental principles foreign language teaching should be based upon and name the specific principles which, you think, must be observed in teaching English at schools.
- •Aims of Foreign Language Teaching
- •Content of Foreign Language Teaching
- •Grammar Translation Method. Principles and techniques.
- •Direct Method. Principles and techniques.
- •Total Physical Response. Principles and techniques.
- •Audio-lingual method. Principles and techniques
- •Principles and techniques of Suggestopedia.
- •Communicative language teaching. Principles and techniques.
- •How do you understand the term “communicative competence in teaching a foreign language”? Types of Communicative Competence in foreign language teaching.
- •Intercultural communication and its role in foreign language teaching.
- •Grammar is very important in foreign language learning. Why? What were the most common difficulties you had in teaching English grammar at school?
- •How do you think, what is meant by correct pronunciation? What will you do to improve you student’s pronunciation skills? Prepare pronunciation drill for one of the lessons for beginners.
- •Comment on the main stages of teaching grammar. What will be if after presenting a new grammar material a teacher passes to production stage at once?
- •Comment on the main stages of teaching vocabulary. Principles of selection of lexical minimum at school.
- •What is the difference between extensive and intensive listening? What will you do if students don’t understand the listening material?
- •What are the reasons for pupils poor comprehension of the target language when spoken? Comment on the main stages of teaching listening skills. What techniques will you use to develop hearing?
- •The statement level.
- •The discourse level
- •20. The importance of teaching reading. Ways of reading.
- •1. Styles of reading
- •2. Active reading
- •22. State the role and place of writing as a communicative skill in teaching English.
- •23. Planning is a necessary prerequisite for effective teaching. Say why. List some questions you would ask yourself before planning a lesson. Stages of a lesson plan.
- •24.Assessment in teaching a foreign language at school. Forms of assessment.
- •In your opinion what characteristics of a good test are? Characteristics of a Good Test
- •Test types.
- •27. Testing techniques.
- •28. Express your opinion on advantages and disadvantages of using tests for evaluating students’ knowledge.
- •29. Teachers’ skills, attitude and knowledge that teachers need to acquire.
- •30.Part of a good teacher’s art is the ability to adopt a number of different roles in the class. Express your opinion on who teachers are in class.
- •31.What levels of language knowledge do you know? What do these levels mean, in practice, for the students and teachers? What will you do if students in your class are all at different level?
- •Ilr Level 0 – No proficiency
- •Ilr Level 1 – Elementary proficiency
- •Ilr Level 2 – Limited working proficiency
- •Ilr Level 3 – Professional working proficiency
- •Ilr Level 4 – Full professional proficiency
- •Ilr Level 5 – Native or bilingual proficiency
- •32. Types of lessons used in teaching English
- •33. What ways of young children learning to foreign languages do you know?
- •34.Teaching monologue. Characteristics of monologue.
- •35.Teaching dialogue. Characteristics of dialogue speech.
- •36.The use of modern technologies in teaching English.
- •37.Do you think that student’s motivation is important in learning a foreign language? Speak on the kinds of student’s motivation.
- •38.What is the difference between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation?
- •39. What are learning styles and strategies? Give a definition and some examples for each one.
- •40. The theory of multiple intelligences.
- •42. Express your opinion: Not all oral exercises mean speaking. Comment upon this statement. What are the reasons for students’ poor comprehension of the target language when spoken?
- •Express your opinion on the theme: Modern technologies in teaching Foreign Languages ( Pair work, Case Study, Project work)
- •45 Express your opinion: What is cooperative learning? What are some of the most important benefits of cooperative learning?
- •46. Express your opinion on the theme: The notion of Intercultural Communicative Competence and its role in flt process.
- •48. Express your opinion on the theme: The main stages of work with video.
20. The importance of teaching reading. Ways of reading.
Teaching Reading
Traditionally, the purpose of learning to read in a language has been to have access to the literature written in that language. In language instruction, reading materials have traditionally been chosen from literary texts that represent "higher" forms of culture.
This approach assumes that students learn to read a language by studying its vocabulary, grammar, and sentence structure, not by actually reading it. In this approach, lower level learners read only sentences and paragraphs generated by textbook writers and instructors. The reading of authentic materials is limited to the works of great authors and reserved for upper level students who have developed the language skills needed to read them.
The communicative approach to language teaching has given instructors a different understanding of the role of reading in the language classroom and the types of texts that can be used in instruction. When the goal of instruction is communicative competence, everyday materials such as train schedules, newspaper articles, and travel and tourism Web sites become appropriate classroom materials, because reading them is one way communicative competence is developed. Instruction in reading and reading practice thus become essential parts of language teaching at every level.
Reading Purpose and Reading Comprehension
Reading is an activity with a purpose. A person may read in order to gain information or verify existing knowledge, or in order to critique a writer's ideas or writing style. A person may also read for enjoyment, or to enhance knowledge of the language being read. The purpose(s) for reading guide the reader's selection of texts.
The purpose for reading also determines the appropriate approach to reading comprehension. A person who needs to know whether she can afford to eat at a particular restaurant needs to comprehend the pricing information provided on the menu, but does not need to recognize the name of every appetizer listed. A person reading poetry for enjoyment needs to recognize the words the poet uses and the ways they are put together, but does not need to identify main idea and supporting details. However, a person using a scientific article to support an opinion needs to know the vocabulary that is used, understand the facts and cause-effect sequences that are presented, and recognize ideas that are presented as hypotheses and givens.
Reading research shows that good readers
Read extensively
Integrate information in the text with existing knowledge
Have a flexible reading style, depending on what they are reading
Are motivated
Rely on different skills interacting: perceptual processing, phonemic processing, recall
Read for a purpose; reading serves a function
You are expected to do much more reading at university than at school or college; it's not called ‘reading for a degree' for nothing.
Here are five tips to help you improve your reading:
1. Styles of reading
2. Active reading
3. A tip for speeding up your active reading
4. Spotting authors' navigation aids
5. Words and vocabulary