PRE- WORKSHOP TASKS

Read the material Leo Jones, THE STUDENT- CENTERED CLASSROOM, Cambridge University press, find
the answer for the following questions.

Please note:

- The number at the end of each question shows where the answer is found.

- Sometimes, teacher needs to read a page many times to really understand what the author means.

- It is time-consuming to answer all questions, so try not to do it at the very last minute.

1. Why should students work together? 4

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2. What should teacher do to monitor a conversation? 4,5

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3. How should teacher group students in a mixed ability class? How important is it?

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4. What problems may teacher have with young learners/ older students? How to deal with them? 5,6

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5. In a monolingual class, how can teacher persuade students to speak English in class? 6

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6. How many students should there be in a small group? Why? 7

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7. When may the whole class be involved together? what activity is good for whole class? 7

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8. If it is impossible to move furniture in the class, how can teacher arrange seating? 8

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9. Different ways to group students?

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10.Students should not pair up with their close friends because... 10

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11.Why students shouldn’t speak loudly? 11

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12.How to encourage students to speak softly? 11

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13.What is sharing? 14

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14.Teachers should not pressure students into time limit because ....15

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15.Why sharing is the most rewarding aspects of a student-centered language lesson?

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16. What if many of the students don’t want to work together in English? What if they prefer to sit
back and expect us to “teach” them English? How can we overcome their resistance? 15,16

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17.What is fluency? How important is it? 18

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18.What is accuracy? what should teacher do you help students speak more accurately? 19

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19.When students are having a conversation, is it a good idea to interrupt and correct their mistakes?
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20.What if we ignore students’ mistakes?

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21.Why do sometimes students lose their enthusiasm when working together?

How can teacher avoid it21,22

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22.Why do some students use their native language when working together or
when talking to their teachers? What should teacher do to avoid it? 22

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23.How important is Repeating in chorus? 23

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24.What are teacher roles in a class? 25

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25.What if teacher can’t answer students’ questions?

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26.What should teacher do to prepare students before working together? 26

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27. Dos and don’ts while students are working together? 26,27

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28.What should teacher do when students finish discussion/ conversation? 27

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29.Is it a good idea to ask student to read in pairs? Why/ why not?

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30. What should students do before listening? In pairs or alone? 29,30

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31.Should students listen in pairs or alone? Why?

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32.When should teacher play the recording again?

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33.Why should a discussion be run in pairs or small groups?30

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34.How can teacher encourage students to sustain the conversation? 31

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35.Read the Role-play example on page 32, what is the instruction for it? Is the activity realistic? Why/
why not? Will students enjoy it?

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36.What should teacher do when monitoring students during the role play?

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37. Why are Information gap activities engaging?

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38.Can writing task be done by working together?

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39.Why should teacher ask students to read one another’s work? 34

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40.What should teacher do to encourage students to be creative?

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41. What is the purpose of a Problem solving activity? 36

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42.Why should students do grammar and vocabulary exercises in pairs?

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Now, read the book again, find at least 5 quotes that are the most useful and then go with you in your
teaching career.