TEFL INTRO

What does TEFL Stand for

• Teaching English as a Future Language

• Teaching English as a Forgettable Language

• Teaching English as a Foreign Language

What one is Not one of the receptive language skills?

• Listening

• Reading

• Speaking

I am an Italian Speaker of English and I have trouble with my long vowels. I pronounce slip as sleep. What should my TEFL teacher do to help?

• Advise you to listen to more Native speakers

• Give you a phonetic drill based on short and long vowel sounds.

• Tell you not to worry about it.

• Practice a phonetic drill with you based on common pronunciation oversights made by Italian speakers.

I am a learner of Finnish in Finland. I am originally from Turkey. What is Finnish to me.

• A first language

• A second language

• An other language

• A foreign language

ESOL and TEFL are the same thing.

• True

• False

Which of these purposes is not what a warmer is primarily for?

• Breaking “the ice”

• Assessing the level of the class

• For Fun and enjoyment,

• Teaching theory

Explain why in Hong Kong, there is some disagreement about whether learners of English are ESL or EFL. Make an argument for either side of the debate. Start your response with, I believe local students in Hong Kong are mainly ESL/EFL because.. (add an example)

Rate your level of teaching experience. (No marks)

• None

• A little

• Some

• Quite a bit. CAS and outside school.

How can you pronounce the word "water" in British English and American English?

• BrE: /ˈwɔːtə/ and AmE: /ˈwɔːtər/

• BrE: /ˈwɔːtər/ and AmE: /ˈwɔːtə/

Is this more American English or British English?

"I've got a new jacket?"

• American English

• British English