English Questions

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Your next class is with a group of students working at B1 CEFR Level. You have found a video online that you think would be great to use with this group. How can you assess if this video is appropriate for your students' level? Select all that apply.a. Use an online vocabulary profiler tool to check the language within the video.b. Ask your students if they like the idea of watching the video you have found.c. Check the students' coursebooks to get an indication of current vocabulary level.d. If the video is authentic then it will be appropriate to use

Extensive reading is done primarily outside of the classroom for the students' own pleasure and enjoyment.a. Trueb. False

When selecting a text for an A1 CEFR Level student group, what should you consider? Select all that apply.a. How is the text formatted?b. How much vocabulary will I need to pre-teach?c. How can I set the context for this text?d. Do students have a reason to want to read this?

You have been employed by a local business working with a small group of business people who need to use English in their day to day work. They are currently working at C1 CEFR Level. Assess the activities below to identify which are most appropriate for the level of this group. Select 2 options.a. Reading classic literatureb. Listening to lyrics of popular songsc. Watching videos of business people in conversationd. Listening to podcasts relating to their profession

Which of these actions should you carry out when asking your students to complete a jigsaw reading activity? Select all that apply.a. Give students a reason to read through the text before they begin.b. Make sure that everyone in the class is given the same text to read.c. Split the students into groups to read the same textd. Tell students they will be teaching each other

Which of these questions would be suitable to ask your students before they complete a skimming task on a selected text?a. What is the name of the person in the story?b. In what year were they interviewed?c. How many times have they climbed Mount Everest?d. None of the above

a. The best way to structure a reading lesson is to start with a task where students read for (as much info as possible/gist/specific info).b. The second activity is where students would read for (as much info as possible/gist/specific info), c. and then finally they would read for (as much info as possible/gist/specific info)

a. When reading we skim texts to get the (specific details, information, gist, important parts), or general idea what what has been written.b. This means we look over the text (slowly/quickly) and do not read every word.c. If we want to find specific information within the text, we (skim/intensively read/scan/extensively read) it.d. Usually we have a purpose such as finding (how the writer feels/a name, date, or location/if the experience was positive or negative).e. We would (scan/skim) a movie review to see whether the writer recommends the film.f. We would (scan/skim) a recipe to see if we had the right ingredients, or needed to go to the shop.

You have been asked to teach an elementary class who are currently working at A! CEFR Level. Assess the reading activities below and select those that are appropriate for your students' level. Select all that apply.a. Reading a science article discussing the latest discoveries about black holes in space and then teaching each other.b. Reading the script of a play by William Shakespeare, then role-play acting as a whole classc. Reading a book of their choice in their own time for personal interestd. Reading a selection of restaurant menus and sharing their favorite options with a partner

You are working with a B1 CEFR Level student group and are trying to decide whether it would be best to use a coursebook or authentic text in an activity in your next lesson. Which of the following statements are true? Select all that apply?a. Audio and video that come with coursebooks only use one accent.b. It's always good to give students "real world practice"c. Coursebooks aren't always at the right level for students.d. Authentic texts get students used to different language and pace of speech.

Who would be better able to use top-town processing to read a text about a review of a court case involving corporate tax?a. A fisherman from Helsinkib. A lawyer from New Yorkc. A farm child living next to a game reserve in Lesothod. A teacher from London

If students read independently, it is going to limit their progress because they may not read the right things.a. Trueb. False

You would use a jumbled sentences reading activity to:a. put the words in the correct orderb. play a memory gamec. develop the skill of reading for gistd. help the students understand paragraph structure

Which of these situations involve intensive listening? Select all that apply.a. Listening to the radio while you are workingb. Waiting for your number to be called at the bankc. Listening to your favorite new songd. When you are in conversation with a plumber and they tell you what time they are coming to fix your leak

In listening lessons teachers should allow students to predict the content of the text they will hear because: a. It gives the students a reason for listening to the textb. It allows the students to think about the topic of the listening, meaning it will be easier to follow what is being said in the listeningc. It's a fun exercise and students love to guess things about what they're going to heard. It uses up some time in the lesson

which of these sets of activities includes an activity that could not easily be adapted for different levels?a. Simulations and broken telephoneb. Eavesdropping and predictionsc. Split viewing and jumbled paragraphsd. Minimal pairs/word bingo and role plays

When planning the most common kind of listening or reading lesson, what should you consider when you choose which words to pre-teach?a. CEFR class level, class interests, whether not knowing the words will make it difficult to understand the listening or readingb. CEFR class level, whether not knowing the words will make it difficult to understand the listening or readingc. CEFR class level, whether not knowing the words will make it difficult to understand the listening or reading, whether there are any colloquial words and phrases which students would not knowd. All of the above

Which of these is the correct order in the process of learning to read?a. Pre-reading, Early Reader, Transitional Reader, Emergent Reader, Fluent Readerb. Transitional Reader, Emergent Reader, Fluent Reader, Early Reader, Emergent Readerc. Emergent Reader, Early Reader, Pre-reading, Fluent Reader, Transitional Readerd. Pre-reading, Emergent Reader, Early Reader, Transitional Reader, Fluent Reader

What would you need to do to a newspaper article about the environment to make it suitable for a class of pre-intermediate adults?a. Add pictures to make it more visualb. Simplify grammar and vocabularyc. Nothing, they would not need to understand every wordd. I would not use this text in class