TEFL.ORG Methodology Terms
ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES
VERIFIED ANSWERS ALREADY
GRADED A+
, Study - CORRECT ANSWER-Students focus on the language
and how it is constructed. The teacher will elicit the TL from
students and give them the chance to discover it for
themselves.
Activate - CORRECT ANSWER-Students should be
encouraged at this stage to use any English they know, using
it as freely and communicatively as possible. The focus here
is more on fluency than accuracy, as there are no
restrictions on language use.
ESA - CORRECT ANSWER-Engage, Study, Activate. Allows
you to Move backwards and forwards between stages, and is
used for grammar and vocabulary lessons
Engage - CORRECT ANSWER-By reducing inhibitions and
relaxing students, it creates an environment that is more
conducive to learning. It is essential that students engage
with the topic and the target language (TL) here, as they will
be working with it in other stages of the lesson.
Controller - CORRECT ANSWER-Presents explanations in
the lesson and takes charge of the class and activity. There
will be a lot of TTT (teacher talking time) and you will need to
ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES
VERIFIED ANSWERS ALREADY
GRADED A+
, Study - CORRECT ANSWER-Students focus on the language
and how it is constructed. The teacher will elicit the TL from
students and give them the chance to discover it for
themselves.
Activate - CORRECT ANSWER-Students should be
encouraged at this stage to use any English they know, using
it as freely and communicatively as possible. The focus here
is more on fluency than accuracy, as there are no
restrictions on language use.
ESA - CORRECT ANSWER-Engage, Study, Activate. Allows
you to Move backwards and forwards between stages, and is
used for grammar and vocabulary lessons
Engage - CORRECT ANSWER-By reducing inhibitions and
relaxing students, it creates an environment that is more
conducive to learning. It is essential that students engage
with the topic and the target language (TL) here, as they will
be working with it in other stages of the lesson.
Controller - CORRECT ANSWER-Presents explanations in
the lesson and takes charge of the class and activity. There
will be a lot of TTT (teacher talking time) and you will need to
