TKT 1: Learning log

Unit name: Differences between L1 and L2 learning

Unit: 12

• Follow up activity
2) Here are three learners. Look at the list below. Which ways do you
think would help them learn English best? Page 70

Miriam A. Watching DVDs, playing games in

Miriam is 7. She has just
started learning English at
school for 3 hours a week.
She is from Tunisia.
English, miming English songs.
B. Using English to play games in the
classroom.
F. Doing lots of communicative
activities.
G. Learning through interesting
topics.

Santiago A. Watching DVDs, playing games in

English, miming English songs.
B. Using English to play games in the
Santiago is 13. He is in his
classroom.
second year of English at
secondary school in G. Learning through interesting
Argentina. He doesn’t like topics.
learning English. He finds it
boring and irrelevant to
him.

Bao A. Watching DVDs, playing games in

English, miming English songs.
D. Using websites to chat online.
Bao is 33 and he is from
Vietnam. He learnt English H. Chatting to foreign tourists.
at secondary school but has
not studied it since. He
needs to speak English for
his new job as a hotel
manager.
TKT 1: Learning log
Unit name: Differences between L1 and L2 learning
Unit: 13

• Follow up activity
2) Look at these classroom activities and at the list of learning styles
on page 76. Match the activities with the learning styles they are
most suitable for.

A. Giving learners lots of thinking time to answer Analytic,

questions. Reflective

B. Touching objects with your eyes closed to describe Kinaesthetic

them.

C. Solving problems with others. Group

D. Looking at sentences containing the second Analytic

conditional and working out how to form this tense.

E. Listening to songs and stories. Auditory

F. Asking learners to decide on their own homework. Autonomous

G. Asking learners to brainstorm answers in one Impulsive

minute.

H. Doing a role-play activity. Kinaesthetic,

Group,
Impulsive

I. Asking learners to imagine a scene and describe it Visual

to you.

J. Asking learners to label a picture. Visual,

Reflective