Teaching IELTS Assignment - listening and speaking//Introduction to English Language Teaching (IELT) LATEST UPDATE

Teaching IELTS Assignment - listening and speaking//Introduction to English Language Teaching (IELT) LATEST UPDATE What does it mean that ELT is a heterogeneous discipline? - CORRECT ANSW-There are many disciplines which contribute to learning English. · Psychology · Education · applied linguistics · Media and Literary Studies · cultural studies are all part of it What was one of the historical/cultural changes going on in the world that contributed to major developments in language education? - CORRECT ANSW-Formation of a European Community. People needed to communicate across boundaries and learn languages quickly. What does TESOL stand for? - CORRECT ANSWTeaching English to Speakers of Other Languages What is the difference between an approach and a technique? - CORRECT ANSW-approach - a broad set of methods that are informed by similar linguistic and pedagogical theories, usually expressed in terms of broad principles about what makes effective teaching possible; CLT is an approach technique - specific tip or trick teachers use to faciliate learning, specific ways of introducing a lesson, games or classroom management (hands on top, now we stop) Name one principle of CLT - CORRECT ANSW-CLT (Communicative language teaching) · develop fluency (accuracy less important) · learning by doing · purposeful and task based activities Who are some of the key scholars in international ELT whose work you have engaged with in this course? - CORRECT ANSW-Harmer, Schumm Fauster, Fürstenberg Choose a metaphor to describe a teacher's role. Explain - CORRECT ANSW-A teacher is like a gardener, they nurture growth in fertile minds. The teacher must put in a lot of work for his children to mentally grow and learn. Just like a gardener must care for his plants if he wants them to grow. In which ways is teaching like a craft, a science and an art? - CORRECT ANSW-Craft example: As a teacher one does hopefully become better at handling children after years of practical experience.