ANSWER SHEET

Student of master degree: Aktolkyn Dostaurova

Group: Aya-20-3m
Subject: Methodology
Module 2
True/False: (10 questions, 20 points)     
1. __T__ Young learners are sometimes better language learners than older learners.
2. __F____ A lesson plan should not include the lesson’s objectives.
3. __F___ Teachers should never change or alter textbook activities for their class.
4. __T___ There are times teachers may need to produce plans for a sequence of lessons (more than
one lesson).
5. ___F___ Teachers should not try to encourage students to develop themselves as autonomous
learners.  
6. ___F__ English language classes vary greatly in size.
7. ___T__ The four main goals of FLT are practical, educational, cultural, and developmental. 
8. ___T___ Young learners are better able to sustain high levels of motivation than adults.
9. ___T___ Education systems don’t usually have different levels; they generally only consist of the
school itself.
10. ___F___ According to Ur (2004), the three steps of assessing a course book are:

List/Word Bank Matching: (20 questions, 20 points)

WRITE ONLY THE LETTER FROM THE WORD BANK

Word Bank (can be used once, or not at all)

-Repeat method -Syllabus -Situational Syllabus

-TPR -Lesson Plan -TBL
-Procedural Syllabus -Curriculum -Interest
-Learner Autonomy -Grammatical Syllabus -Degradation
-Audio-Lingual Method -Lexical Syllabus -In-depth
-Self-access center -Realia -Form-transferring
-Heterogeneous class -Homogeneous class -Grammar translation
-Methodology -Discipline Method
-CBI (Content-Based -Class plan
Instruction) -Motivation

1. GTM The focus of this teaching method is on the translation of texts, grammar, and rote
learning of vocabulary
2. TBL The focus of teaching is on the completion of a task which is interesting to learners.
3. TPR This method works by having the learner respond to simple commands such as
"Stand up", "Close your book", "Go to the window and open it."
4. CBI Focuses not on the language itself, but rather on what is being taught through the
language; the language becomes the medium for learning something new.
5. _S__ The subjects in a single course of study or class.
6. R_ Objects and material from everyday life used as teaching aids
7. M A system of methods used in a particular area of study or activity
8. GS_ A list of structures, such as the present tense, comparison of adjectives, etc.
 9. LS_ A syllabus with a list of items (such as: girl, boy, go away…) with associated
collocations and idioms.
10. _SS_ A syllabus with sections that are headed by names of situations or locations such as
‘Eating a meal’ or ‘In the street’.
11. ___PS__ These syllabuses specify the learning tasks rather than the language itself.
12. _LA_ The ability of student to take charge of their own learning.
13. _LP_ A teacher's plan for teaching an individual class.
14. C Lessons and academic content taught in a school or in a specific program.
15. _SAC An educational facility designed for student learning that is at least partially, if not
fully self-directed.
16. _HET C_ A class which has many students of many different backgrounds or levels.
17. _HOM C_ A class containing students who are mostly similar.
18. __D___ The practice of training people to obey rules or a code of behavior.
19. _M__ The feeling of wanting to know or learn about something.
20._ALM_ In this method, new language is heard and extensively drilled for speaking
purposes.

Fill in the Blank: (5 questions, 10 points)

1. The greatest source of information for teachers not in book form is, of course, the
DIGITAL RESOURCES_.
2. Pairwork or _GROUPWORK__ is extremely useful for larger classes, especially if we
want to maximize individual student talking time.
3. _INSTRINSIC_ motivation, one of the two types of motivation students might have,
refers to behavior which comes from inside the learner (it is driven by internal rewards).
4. The four main components in the content of FLT are the Habits and Skills Component,
the Linguistic Component, and the _PSYCHOLOGICAL_ Component.
5. Professor S. Krashen came up with the __NATURAL_ Approach which stresses the
similarities between learning first and second languages.

Short answer – several sentences each: (10 questions, 50 points)

5 point answer: Students' response completely answers the question asked in 3-5 detailed sentences.  There are
only minimal or minor language mistakes which do not take away from the meaning of the answer.

1. Describe at least two benefits and two drawbacks of using textbooks.

2. Many teachers have students in their classes of varying levels of language proficiency. 
Explain one way a teacher with a mixed-level course can help manage their students
productively.
3. Describe the teaching method “Communicative Language Teaching” (CLT).  What is the
focus for students?  What types of activities can teachers use?

4. Where might “Content-Based Instruction” happen in Turkey?  Explain your answer.

5. Explain the difference between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation.  Can a student have
both?  Explain your answer.

6. Harmer (2007) mentions that, “… it is a good idea to try to follow the plan that we have
made, nevertheless in normal teaching, there are a number of reasons we may need to
modify our proposal for action once a lesson is taking place.”  Name one of these reasons
Harmer cites and describe it.
7. List three questions we should ask before planning a lesson.  Why do these questions
matter?

8. Give an example of how a language teacher can promotes learner autonomy outside of
class.

9. Describe three advantages and three disadvantages to teaching literature in the English
language classroom.

10. Name two productive things you can do as a teacher if you finish your planned activities
in class but there is still extra time on the clock?

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