TKT MODULE 1 PART 3: PRESENTATION
TECHNIQUES, APPROACHES AND
INTRODUCTORY ACTIVITIES
activity-based learning - ANSWER a learning approach by doing activities.
The rules of the language are thought about after doing the activity or not
thought about at all
communicative approach - ANSWER a style of teaching founded upon the
premise that acquiring a language successfully is all about communication, not
learning a collection of rules. Teachers try to focus on good communication
rather than focusing on correctness and constantly correcting
concept checking - ANSWER the procedure of posing concept questions or
otherwise to check that learners have mastered a new structure or item of lexis
concept question - ANSWER a question the teacher asks to check if a student
understands the meaning of new language, e.g. new language pattern - used to -
He used to live in Paris. Concept question - Does he live in Paris nowadays?
Answer - No
content-based learning - ANSWER when a subject, e.g. maths or history, is
being taught using the second language
contextualise - ANSWER to put new language in a situation that shows what it
is, e.g. The music inside the disco was very /loud/
definition - ANSWER a description of what a word means, e.g. in a dictionary
elicit - ANSWER when a teacher asks careful questions to lead students to give
an answer
TECHNIQUES, APPROACHES AND
INTRODUCTORY ACTIVITIES
activity-based learning - ANSWER a learning approach by doing activities.
The rules of the language are thought about after doing the activity or not
thought about at all
communicative approach - ANSWER a style of teaching founded upon the
premise that acquiring a language successfully is all about communication, not
learning a collection of rules. Teachers try to focus on good communication
rather than focusing on correctness and constantly correcting
concept checking - ANSWER the procedure of posing concept questions or
otherwise to check that learners have mastered a new structure or item of lexis
concept question - ANSWER a question the teacher asks to check if a student
understands the meaning of new language, e.g. new language pattern - used to -
He used to live in Paris. Concept question - Does he live in Paris nowadays?
Answer - No
content-based learning - ANSWER when a subject, e.g. maths or history, is
being taught using the second language
contextualise - ANSWER to put new language in a situation that shows what it
is, e.g. The music inside the disco was very /loud/
definition - ANSWER a description of what a word means, e.g. in a dictionary
elicit - ANSWER when a teacher asks careful questions to lead students to give
an answer
