Flashcards on English Language Teaching: Roles and Strategies
English Language Teaching: Roles and Strategies for Students
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English Language Teaching Methods
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Card 1
Question: In an English-language classroom, what are the typical roles of the instructor and the students?
Answer: Instructor talks, models, chooses topics, answers questions and evaluates learning; students listen, interact with instructor and peers, work alone or
Card 2
Question: What is a recommended balance of teacher talk time (TTT) versus student talk time (STT)?
Answer: The teacher should be aware of how much time they spend talking compared with students, favoring more STT (interaction patterns like S-S, S-Ss, T-Ss,
Card 3
Question: How should a teacher give classroom instructions to avoid 'messy instructions'?
Answer: Use simple language, provide one piece of information per sentence, and avoid telling learners things they don’t need to know yet.
Card 4
Question: What is 'echoing' as a teaching mistake and why is it harmful?
Answer: Echoing is when the teacher repeats everything after students; it removes students’ need to speak loudly and listen to each other.
Card 5
Question: What does 'flying with the fastest' mean and why is it problematic?
Answer: It means the teacher follows the pace of the fastest students, which can frustrate slower students, causing loss of motivation.
Card 6
Question: What are the risks of overhelping and over-organizing in language teaching?
Answer: They reduce students’ opportunities to think, take risks, and discover language themselves, hindering learning and autonomy.
Card 7
Question: How should a teacher act as a mediator in language lessons?
Answer: Provide learning experiences and ask questions that make students think, guiding rather than doing the task for them.
Card 8
Question: What choices does a teacher make when providing feedback?
Answer: Decide when to provide feedback (focus on accuracy vs. fluency) and how (encourage self-discovery of mistakes vs. correcting immediately).
Card 9
Question: How should a teacher function as a language model and use classroom English?
Answer: Be confident in pronunciation and grammar, use mostly English for communication, and repeat useful chunks in consistent situations so students can imp
Card 10
Question: What is the role of 'chunks' in classroom language modeling?
Answer: Using the same useful language chunks in the same situations helps students apply them meaningfully in daily use.