HANOI UNIVERSITY OF BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY

FACULTY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE STUDIES

ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING METHODOLOGY

ASSIGNMENT

IS ENGLISH APPROPRIATE FOR A GLOBAL LANGUAGE? SUPPORT YOUR

ANSWER BY GIVING DETAILED REASONS AND EXAMPLES

Student’s name: Nguyen Thi Tu Anh

Class: TA 23.08

Student code: 18113346

Hanoi, 2021
A. Test specifications

1. Class profile: Class 6A.

There are 25 males and 15 females in the class. Students are at the elementary level. 30% of the
class is excellent students, 50% good, and the is This is likely due various methods of early
contact with the English language. Units 4, 5, and 6 have been completed, and 50 percent of
students have grasped and used the grammar and vocabulary of each unit well.

In the grammar section, 30% of students comprehend and do the exercises extremely well, but
they occasionally forget the vocabulary in the lesson. The remaining 20% of pupils struggle with
both grammar and vocabulary.

About listening skills: some students are pretty bad at listening skills. The cause of this issue was
formed by the student Elementary teacher's mispronunciation. It seems that their
mispronunciation has a great affection on students' listening skills. In addition, some students
who study at English centers have good listening skills because they have contact with foreign
teachers, so their pronunciation will be more accurate.

About reading skills: Some excellent students don't have any difficulties with reading skills
because they are good at vocabulary. Besides, there are still some good students who are quite
difficult with reading comprehension skills because their vocabulary is not large and they do not
have the skills to skim and summarize texts. Some average students are still lazy to practice
reading skills

Finally, about writing skills, 40% students in the class can write sentences very well because
they have clearly learned basic vocabulary and grammar and most of them did very well in
arranging complete sentences.

Then, some students do worse in paragraph writing because they don't know a lot of vocabulary
and only master the grammar, so they will have difficulty writing complete sentences. Besides,
In addition, some average students do not know the grammar well enough, are afraid to write in
the learning process, so they write wrong sentences. The scores of excellent students are usually
8 to 9 points, good students are 6 to 7 points, and average students' scores are 3 to 5 points.

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2. Testing area

UNIT LISTENING GRAMMAR - READING WRITING

VOCABULARY

1 Listening for  Grammar: Reading for Writing a

specific general and paragraph
-Present simple
information specific about one’s
about school -Adverbs of frequency information about school
activities  Vocabulary: schools

-School things and

activities

-Verbs
(play,do,have,study) +
noun

2 Listening for  Grammar: Reading for Writing an

specific general and email to a
-Possesive case
information specific friend
about someone’s -prepositions of place information about describing a
house  Vocabulary: rooms and house
furniture
- Types of house

-Rooms and furrniture

3 Listening for  Grammar: Reading for Writing a

specific general and diary entry
-Present continous
information specific about best
about best  Vocabulary: information about friends
friends friends and
- Body parts and
summer camps
appearance

3 -Personality adjectives
B. Test items

WRITTEN ENGLISH TEST

Time: 45 minutes

Grade: 6A

I - LISTENING

Listen to Jenny asking Mark about school holiday activities. For questions 1 to 5, choose
the best option A, B or C. You will hear the conversation twice.

EXAMPLE

0. The children’s show is at

A. The theatre
B. The shopping centre
C. The library

1. The show begins at

A. 1.15 B. 2.00 C. 3.30

2. A child’s ticket costs

A. 25p B. 75p C. £1.50

3. The holiday reading course is for

A. 4 weeks B. 6 weeks C. 10 weeks

4. This year from the library, children can win

A. A pen B. A school bag C. A book

5. Jenny should meet Mark again

A. Next week B. Tomorrow C. Today

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II- GRAMMAR - VOCABULARY

PART 1: GRAMMAR: Choose the best option A,B,C or D

1. Phong ______ a good student of Le Van Tam Secondary School.

A. Is B. am C. be D. are
2. My sister______her room every day.
A. clean B. cleaning C. to clean D. cleans
3. Lan has to stay_____________ home to clean the furniture.
A. At B. under C. by D. in
4. I _____ early in the morning.
A. Always get up C. Always gets up
B. Get always up D. Get up always
5. They _____ for Manchester tomorrow.
A. Left B. leaves C. is leaving D. are leaving
6. Do you live _______ the second floor of the building?
A. At B. in C. on D. from
7. Mai _______ at home, and her friends _______ in the park.
A. Is/are B. is/is C. are/is D. are/are

PART 2: VOCABULARY: Choose the best option A,B,C or D

8. Everyone has 10 fingers and 10 ________.

A. Noses B. toes C. kness D. mouths

9. She is very _______ in her paintings.

A. Creativity B. creative C. create D. created

10. My parents sleep in a big ________.

A.Kitchen B. dining room C. bedroom D. bathroom

11. There are two pillows and a ______ on the bed.

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 A. Fridge B. sofa C. blanket D. cupboard

12. It’s better for you to _______ exercise.

A. Play B. do C. have D. study

13. Nam forgot his _______ at home, so he can’t draw a circle.

A. Calculator C. compass

B.Pencil case D. pencil sharpener

14. I ________ the football club at school.

A.Join B. do C. play D. read

15. We have a shower and a _______ in the bathroom.

A.Cooker B. bathtub C. TV D. dining table

III- READING:

PART 1: Choose the correct word A,B, C, or D to complete the conversation

Mum: We are moving to the new apartment next month. Do you want to have a new bed?

Mi: No, I don't, Mum. I (1)_______ my old bed. It’s so comfortable. But I can buy a

new poster

Mum: You have three posters already. You can put them (2)________ the wall in your new
room.

Mi: Yes, Mum. I want to have a family photo on my desk. There is only a lamp on it now.

Mum: That's a good idea. Oh, where do you want to put your desk?

Mi: (3)________to my bed, Mum. I also want a small plant in my room.

Mum: That's fine. It can go (4)______ the bookshelf and the desk. And don't forget your new
wardrobe I've bought a bigger one so that you can put all your clothes in it.
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Mi: How about putting it (5)________ my bed, Mum?

Mum: Perfect!

1.A. hate B. love C. dislike D. unlike

2.A. in B. near C. on D. at

3.A. near B. behind C.next D. right

4.A. next to B. between C.in front of D. on the left

5.A. above B. Under C. across D. opposite

PART 2: Read the conversation and complete the sentences

Mi: Wow. That room looks so big, Nick. I can see there's a TV behind you.

Nick: Yes. I'm in the living room. Can you see my dog, Luke? He's sitting on the sofa.

Mi: Yes, I can. He looks happy.

Nick: Ha ha, he is. Where do you live, Mi?

Mi: I live in a town house. It's near the city centre and it's very noisy. How about you?

Nick: Where do you live, Mi?

Mi: I live in a country house with my aunt. Who do you live with?

Nick: I live with my parents and younger sister. We're moving to a villa next month.

Nick: Oh, really? Yes, we are. It's very big and comfortable. My uncle and his son, Andy will
also come to live with us.

Mi: How many rooms are there in your new villa? There is a big living room, five bedrooms,
a kitchen and six bathrooms. The kitchen is next to the living room.

Nick: It's great.

6. There is a TV and a ___sofa______ in Nick’s living room

7. Now Mi lives in a ___country house______.
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8. Luke is __happy________.
9. Mi thinks living near the city centre is _very noisy_______.
10. There are five bedrooms and six __bathrooms_____ the swimming pool

IV- WRITING

Part 1: Reorder the words and phrases to make sentences

1. often / Lan / with the housework / her parents / helps/.

________________________________________.
2. a student / at / Nam / a specialized school / is/.
________________________________________.
3. you / every day / do/ go to school / How?
________________________________________
4. that store / are/ a lot of / There / interesting things / in.
________________________________________.
5. It / the surburbs / is / in a small village/.
________________________________________.

Part 2: Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first sentence.

6. Mai’s house goes to work by car.

Mai’s house __________________________.

7. This is a Japanese doll. It belongs to Lan.

This is _______________________________.

8. My new friend has a very beautiful face.

My new friend’s face ____________________.
9. There is a wardrobe next to the bed.

The wardrobe __________________________.

10. There are lots of book on my shelf.

My shelf ______________________________ .

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C. Keys, marking scheme and references

KEY

I. LISTENING
II.