HOW TO ANSWER THIS QUESTIONS

agine you are giving a lesson on a particular subject (e.g. vocabulary of animals, or 1st conditional, or any other) and describe an activity that you would plan for each type of learner – visual, auditory and kinaesthetic – to practise the subject

1. Visual (8)
2. Auditory (8)
3. Kinaesthetic (8)
4. Here are four reasons why a student may be unresponsive. Write below what solutions you would use to deal with this. (50-100 words each)

• The student feels uncomfortableIm or shy in a one to one situation. (4)
• Your student has had a bad day at work/school/home and is finding it hard to concentrate. He/she wants to tell you all his/her problems. You are starting to feel more like a counsellor. (4)
• Your student has poor listening skills. (4)
• Your student expects you to dominate the lesson and do all the talking. (4)

1. Think of an activity/game that can be used in a one-to-one lesson and describe how you would use it. The level is upper-intermediate, the topic of the lesson is Traveling. Your student has fluency problems and he tends to be reluctant to speak, so think of an activity which would encourage her to do a lot of talking. (Write about 150 words) (10)
2. Look at the student’s profile below:

Based on the information above, write a lesson plan for a 45 minute lesson for this student. Remind yourself of the rules of lesson planning and include the following information:

• Aims / Objectives
• Target language
• Assumptions
• Anticipated problems
• Solutions
• Resources and Materials

Then write a step-by-step lesson plan including timing and interaction for each stage. (25)