- •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.
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
The baseline level of the scale is no proficiency, rated 0. The following describes the traits of an ILR Level 0 individual:
oral production limited to occasional, isolated words
may be able to ask questions or make statements with reasonable accuracy only with memorized utterances or formulae
unable to read connected prose but may be able to read numbers, isolated words and phrases, personal and place names, street signs, office and shop designations
understanding limited to occasional isolated words or memorized utterances in areas of immediate needs.
may be able to produce symbols in an alphabetic or syllabic writing system or 50 of the most common characters
Ilr Level 1 – Elementary proficiency
Elementary proficiency is rated 1 on the scale. The following describes the traits of an ILR Level 1 individual:
can fulfill travelling needs and conduct themselves in a polite manner
able to use questions and answers for simple topics within a limited level of experience
able to understand basic questions and speech, which allows for guides, such as slower speech or repetition, to aid understanding
has only a vocabulary large enough to communicate the most basic of needs; also makes frequent punctuation and grammatical mistakes in writing of the language
The majority of individuals classified as Level 1 are able to perform most basic functions using the language. This includes buying goods, reading the time, ordering simple meals and asking for minimal directions.
Ilr Level 2 – Limited working proficiency
Limited working proficiency is rated 2 on the scale. A person at this level is described as follows:
able to satisfy routine social demands and limited work requirements
can handle with confidence most basic social situations including introductions and casual conversations about current events, work, family, and autobiographical information
can handle limited work requirements, needing help in handling any complications or difficulties; can get the gist of most conversations on non-technical subjects (i.e. topics which require no specialized knowledge), and has a speaking vocabulary sufficient to respond simply with some circumlocutions
has an accent which, though often quite faulty, is intelligible
can usually handle elementary constructions quite accurately but does not have thorough or confident control of the grammar.
Ilr Level 3 – Professional working proficiency
Professional working proficiency is rated 3 on the scale. Level 3 is what is usually used to measure how many people in the world know a given language. A person at this level is described as follows:
able to speak the language with sufficient structural accuracy and vocabulary to participate effectively in most conversations on practical, social, and professional topics
can discuss particular interests and special fields of competence with reasonable ease
has comprehension which is quite complete for a normal rate of speech
has a general vocabulary which is broad enough that he or she rarely has to grope for a word
has an accent which may be obviously foreign; has a good control of grammar; and whose errors virtually never interfere with understanding and rarely disturb the native speaker.