TEFL METHODOLOGY ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS EXAMPREP
STUDY GUIDE
◉ Student-lead
Answer:
◉ Six qualities a student needs
Answer: A willingness to learn
A willingness to listen
Be able to ask questions
Experiment
Accept their mistakes
Think about their learning methods
Attend class regularly.
◉ Factors to consider regarding students...
Answer: 1. Nervousness (adults are more nervous)
2. Learning Experience (Adults have more rigid ways of learning)
3. Life Experience (Adults have more life experience)
4. Language awareness (Adults will try to translate terms directly,
younger learners are more open to learning via context)
,5. Attitude (culture and first language): People will respond
differently.
6. Bad behaviour
◉ There are how many levels to TEFL eng courses?
Answer: seven
◉ What are the different levels
Answer: Beginner
Elementary
Lower intermediate
Intermediate
Upper intermediate
Advanced
Proficiency
◉ What should a beginner know?
Answer: Personal basic information, colours, numbers, asking
about names and jobs, yes and no questions and short answers,
present simple, telling the time, Classroom language and
pronouncing
◉ What should an elementary student know?
Answer: The verb to be, basic common adjectives, personal
pronouns adjective, possessive adjectives, present simple, articles
,(the a/an), I like/don't like plus -ing forms or nouns, there
is/there are, This, that, these, those, Possessives, can/can't for
availability, some and any, some and any, present continuous, past
simple comparatives and superlatives, adverbs of frequency, 'wh'
questions, present continuous for future, prepositions for time
and place, Auxiliary verbs: be and do, conjunctions
◉ Question to self
Answer: What is present continuous?
◉ What should a lower intermediate person know?
Answer: Past simple irregular verbs, future simple, future with
going to, past continuous, auxiliary verbs: have and had, zero
conditional, first conditional, present perfect simple, for - since -
ago, should may, might and have to, must, introduction to phrasal
verbs, so and such, question tags, quantifiers
◉ What should you know for intermediate?
Answer: transitive and intransitive verbs, present perfect
continuous, unless, second conditional, passive present and past,
past perfect simple, past perfect continuous, Gerund or infinitive,
relative clauses and relative pronouns, verbs and prepositions,
causative: 'have something done', despite/in spite of, stop to/stop
doing
◉ What should students know at upper intermediate?
, Answer: Third conditional, mixed conditionals, wishes and
regrets, reported speech, future continuous, future perfect simple,
future perfect continuous, impersonal passives, prepositional
phrases, would/used to
◉ What should students know at advanced?
Answer: Developing speaking, writing, reading and listening skills
Grammar consolidation
Improving and expanding idiomatic expressions and phrasal
verbs
◉ What should a proficient student be capable of?
Answer: Perfecting writing, reading, listening and speaking skills
(particularly accent)
Perfecting understanding of idioms, phrasal verbs and natural
fluency
◉ What is the PPP system?
Answer: presentation, practice and production
◉ What does STT stand for?
Answer: Student talking time
◉ Beginning of lesson...
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS EXAMPREP
STUDY GUIDE
◉ Student-lead
Answer:
◉ Six qualities a student needs
Answer: A willingness to learn
A willingness to listen
Be able to ask questions
Experiment
Accept their mistakes
Think about their learning methods
Attend class regularly.
◉ Factors to consider regarding students...
Answer: 1. Nervousness (adults are more nervous)
2. Learning Experience (Adults have more rigid ways of learning)
3. Life Experience (Adults have more life experience)
4. Language awareness (Adults will try to translate terms directly,
younger learners are more open to learning via context)
,5. Attitude (culture and first language): People will respond
differently.
6. Bad behaviour
◉ There are how many levels to TEFL eng courses?
Answer: seven
◉ What are the different levels
Answer: Beginner
Elementary
Lower intermediate
Intermediate
Upper intermediate
Advanced
Proficiency
◉ What should a beginner know?
Answer: Personal basic information, colours, numbers, asking
about names and jobs, yes and no questions and short answers,
present simple, telling the time, Classroom language and
pronouncing
◉ What should an elementary student know?
Answer: The verb to be, basic common adjectives, personal
pronouns adjective, possessive adjectives, present simple, articles
,(the a/an), I like/don't like plus -ing forms or nouns, there
is/there are, This, that, these, those, Possessives, can/can't for
availability, some and any, some and any, present continuous, past
simple comparatives and superlatives, adverbs of frequency, 'wh'
questions, present continuous for future, prepositions for time
and place, Auxiliary verbs: be and do, conjunctions
◉ Question to self
Answer: What is present continuous?
◉ What should a lower intermediate person know?
Answer: Past simple irregular verbs, future simple, future with
going to, past continuous, auxiliary verbs: have and had, zero
conditional, first conditional, present perfect simple, for - since -
ago, should may, might and have to, must, introduction to phrasal
verbs, so and such, question tags, quantifiers
◉ What should you know for intermediate?
Answer: transitive and intransitive verbs, present perfect
continuous, unless, second conditional, passive present and past,
past perfect simple, past perfect continuous, Gerund or infinitive,
relative clauses and relative pronouns, verbs and prepositions,
causative: 'have something done', despite/in spite of, stop to/stop
doing
◉ What should students know at upper intermediate?
, Answer: Third conditional, mixed conditionals, wishes and
regrets, reported speech, future continuous, future perfect simple,
future perfect continuous, impersonal passives, prepositional
phrases, would/used to
◉ What should students know at advanced?
Answer: Developing speaking, writing, reading and listening skills
Grammar consolidation
Improving and expanding idiomatic expressions and phrasal
verbs
◉ What should a proficient student be capable of?
Answer: Perfecting writing, reading, listening and speaking skills
(particularly accent)
Perfecting understanding of idioms, phrasal verbs and natural
fluency
◉ What is the PPP system?
Answer: presentation, practice and production
◉ What does STT stand for?
Answer: Student talking time
◉ Beginning of lesson...
