TKT 1: Learning log

Unit name: Exposure and focus on form Unit: 10

• FOLLOW UP ACTIVITY
Put these classroom activities into the correct column in the table:

Acquisition Interaction Focus on Form

4. Learners use the 2. A group of learners explains 1. Learners proofread and
internet to find to the rest of the class how to correct the first draft of
recipes for how to make a paper plane. their composition.
make their
favourite dishes. 5. Learners explain to one 3. A learner says, “I go to
another why a certain see a great film
9. Learners listen to multiple-choice answer on a yesterday”; the teacher
their two favourite reading text must be correct. says, “past tense”.
English songs.
8. The learners tell one 6. The learners see how
10. Learners look at another about a good book many different prefixes
a map of their they have just read. they can find in a text.
town and discuss
where to build a 10. Learners look at a map of 7. The learners complete
new sport centre. their town and discuss where gapped sentences with
to build a new sport centre. the right tense of the
verbs in brackets.

TKT 1: Learning log

Unit name: The role of error Unit: 11
• Write 10 examples of fossilised errors you have noticed in your class,
learners, you make, etc.
1. “I am agree” instead of “I agree”.
2. "Heighth" instead of "height".
3. “I have 20 years old” instead of "I am 20 years old”.
4. “She live in...” instead of “She lives in…”.
5. “Yesterday I travel…” instead of " Yesterday I traveled …”.
6. “I like listen music” instead of “I like listen to music”.
7. “I am dance” instead of “I am dancing”.
8. “It is rain” instead of “It is raining”.
9. “In the end” instead of “At the end”.
10. “In 6 o’ clock” instead of "At 6 o’ clock”
• Here are three learners. Look at the list blow. Which ways do you think
would help them learn English best?

Miriam A. Watching DVDs, playing games in English,

Miriam is 7. She has just
started learning English at
school for 3 hours a week. She
is from Tunisia.
Santiago
Santiago is 13. He is in his
second year of English at
secondary school in
Argentina. He doesn’t like
learning English. He finds it
boring and irrelevant to him.
Bao
Bao is 33 and he is from
Vietnam. He learnt English at
secondary school but has not
studied it since. He needs to
speak English for his new job
as a hotel manager.
miming English songs.
B. Using English to play games in the
classroom.
F. Doing lots of communicative activities.
G. Learning through interesting topics.
A. Watching DVDs, playing games in English,
miming English songs.
B. Using English to play games in the
classroom.
G. Learning through interesting topics.
A. Watching DVDs, playing games in English,
miming English songs.
D. Using websites to chat online.
H. Chatting to foreign tourists.

TKT 1: Learning log

Unit name: Differences between L1 and L2 learning Unit: 12
• Follow up activity

2. Look at these classroom activities and at the list of learning styles on page
72. Match the activities with the learning styles they are most suitable for.

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

Reflective
B. Touching objects with your eyes closed to describe them. Kinaesthetic
C. Solving problems with others. Group
D. Looking at sentences containing the second conditional and Analytic
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 minute. Impulsive
H. Doing a role-play activity. Kinaesthetic,
Group,
Impulsive
I. Asking learners to imagine a scene and describe it to you. Visual
J. Asking learners to label a picture. Visual,
Reflective