1、are there any differences between the way chinese teachers and british teachers greet their students?
2. taking attendance
question 2
1、how else can you ask ‘how are you’? would it make any difference what day of the week or time of the day your lesson is?
3. teaching pronunciation
question 3
1、how can you help students learn to read phonetic symbols? use one example to illustrate.
4. teaching intonation
quiz 1
1、on the first day of class, it is usually a good start to get students say something.
2、make sure to always affirm each student’s effort, no matter how poor the production is.
3、be positive about your class, but you don’t have to elaborate on its benefits specifically. students usually understand why they would take a particular class.
4、when students answer your questions, you may want to give them more confidence and praise, you can use adjectives like ‘______’ or ‘______’ to describe their ‘voice’, like ‘_______’ or ‘________’.
5、all teachers must lay down some guidelines for the behavior they expect from their students. you can start by saying, ‘__________________________’ and then list them 1, 2, 3, 4, and so on.
6、to know the students better, you may ask them to explain something unique about them by saying, ‘______________________________.’
7、write down the chinese equivalents of the following terms. front of the tongue _________________________
8、write down the chinese equivalents of the following terms. narrow lips _________________________
9、if students are making some mistakes, you can say, ‘__________________’ or ‘_________________________.’
10、when you want students to say a new word, most teachers want the students to repeat, you can tell your students, ‘________________________.’ sometimes you may want them to try more times, you can say, ‘________________________.’ or ‘___________________.’
5. teaching words spelling
quesion 4
1、guide students to correct the spelling mistakes in the following sentences. 1. there is a pictrue on the wall. 2. do you have a computor room?
6. teaching words usage
quesion 5
1、guide students to correct the spelling mistakes in the following sentences. 1. the art room in on the frist floor. 2. 他站得太远了，我不可以看见他。
7. teaching listening
quesion 6
1、a standard listening lesson normally falls into three stages: pre-listening, listening and post-listening. how would you manage the distribution of such a lesson?
8. teaching speaking
quiz 2
1、english spelling is closely linked to phonics, but the english phonics system is often irregular, so you will have to help your students find the patterns and distinguish when to use them.
2、syllabic spelling requires you to pause between syllables when spelling the word aloud, rather than say each letter with equal weight and speed.
3、when students misspell a word with a perfectly reasonable phonetic alternative, it’s always good to praise their phonics skill by saying, ‘this is a really good try.’
4、once a student has mastered the spellings, he/ she doesn’t have to check that he/she can still spell the words in a week’s or month’s time.
5、there might be good, average and poor spellers in a class. an old-fashioned spelling test is usually a good idea to tackle their spelling needs.
6、be sure your students understand that they may fail in the class if they don’t work hard.
7、focusing on the errors may lead to students’ lack of confidence. once a composition is evaluated, students should not be required to read it again.
8、write down the chinese equivalent of the following term. purse lips _________________________
9、write down the chinese equivalent of the following term. tongue between the teeth __________________________
10、write down the chinese equivalent of the following term. the back of the bottom teeth ___________________________
11、if you want your students to practice the pronunciation of a word, you can ask, ‘_____________________’, or ‘_______________________?’
12、guide students to correct the spelling mistakes in the following sentences. where is the liberary? ____________________________________________________________________________
9. teaching grammar
quesion 7
1、how can you teach the students to use ‘tense’ correctly? use examples to illustrate.
10. teaching reading
quesion 8
1、how can you teach the adjective clause? use examples to illustrate.
13. teaching demos
what impressed you the most in the teaching demos?
1、what impressed you the most in the teaching demos? pick one point and talk about it in details.
test
test for practical classroom english
1、it is better to have students write many short compositions than a few long ones.
2、it makes sense to remind students of writing skills they learned in preceding compositions during the preparation period and hold them responsible for improving skills through two or three writing assignments.
3、when teaching a remedial lesson, make sure it is confined to the specific writing skills the class has been taught.
4、a teacher should not test a skill unless it has first been taught. that’s why pre-listening activities play the most important part in a listening class.
5、how can you choose an appropriate passage for your listening exercise?
6、it is important to take feedback from each listening activity. how many different ways you can think of to record information about students’ difficulties?
7、whatever your rules are, make sure the reasons for the rules and consequences for not following the rules are clear.
8、if the sound is almost right but too soft or too weak, you can ask students to make it ‘____________’ or ‘____________’, or even just say ‘___________________________.’
9、when a sound is made just using air, it is called ‘_____________’; when a sound is made using one’s voice or vibration in the voice box, it is called ‘________’. to check whether the students know how to make the sound correctly, you can ask, ‘________________________?’
10、one useful technique for helping students’ pronunciation is to give a reference word they already know. when you first show a word, you can ask your students, ‘_____________________?’ or ‘__________________________?’
11、you can direct students to sit down by saying, ‘____________________’ or ‘________________________.’
12、before you start, it is helpful to remind students to stop using their mobile phones. you can say, ‘______________________.’ or ‘______________________.’
test for practical classroom english 2
1、consider what the teacher could say in the situation of this chinese lesson, and write down your answers at the places numbered. you are at the beginning of an english writing class. you inform the class of the up-coming task (1). you would like to have the class prepared and make sure they’ve got a pen to write with (2). you notice that amy has not got a pen, so you ask the class (3)? now you tell the class to get a clear idea of the task requirement (4). you share a model text with them (5). following that, you encourage the students to brainstorm the topic (6). you listen to some of their opinions and comment on that, ‘(7)’. after that you suggest they consider the organization of their composition (8). when the students finish their writing, you ask them to revise their own work (9). in particular, you emphasize on the importance of using appropriate illustrations (10).